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Blanche d'Alpuget's intimate and revealing meditation on longing examines the creative tension between writing and love. This moving tribute to her muse will surprise and touch readers.

About the Author

Blanche d'Alpuget is the biographer of Richard Kirby and Bob Hawke, and author of the novels Turtle Beach and Winter in Jerusalem, among others.

Reviews

"A publishing phenomenon that deserves to run and run." --Canberra Times

"MUP has repackaged an old fashioned and unsexy genre to make essays modish and exciting." --Weekend Australian