Follow the blue brigid lowry national library of australia. With lots of love from georgia brigid lowry 9781741143102. The daughter of a typographer, brigid lowry began her writing career by selfpublishing two dreadful poems when she was eight. The bad girl by mario vargas llosa, my life as a traitor by zarah ghahramani, follow the blue by brigid lowry, guitar highway rose by brigid lowry, deep in the heart of high school by veronica goldbach, her name was lola by russel hoban author portraits include. Brigid lowry author brigid lowry was born in new zealand and now lives in australia. In this intoxicating novel by awardwinning author and poet brigid lowry, bec realizes that maybe she isnt so ordinary after all. Brigid lowry s follow the blue centers on bec, the sensible one in an otherwise quirky family. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Book search engine can find follow the blue by lowry, brigid.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Anyone browsing the text in a bookstore or a friends house might be forgiven for needing that reassurance. Lowrys career includes work as a waitress, a software tutor, a librarian and a primary school teacher as well as being a wife and mother. She is wellknown in australia, where her first novel, guitar highway rose, was a runaway success with young readers and a finalist for or winner of numerous prestigious awards. Brigid lowry was my favourite writer in my teenage years, and i still love all of her books dearly, she has such a. Her father, lewis, is an architect who recently has had a breakdown and been admitted to a mental hospital with severe depression. The item follow the blue, brigid lowry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in randwick city library. I downloaded the sample chapter and laughed and felt so comfortable with the writing style that i downloaded the book to travel along with me. She has a famous chef for a mother, a depressed father, and two notquiteordinary younger siblings. Follow the blue by brigid lowry is a quaint tale of a suburban girl living in perth, australia. A look through brigid lowrys tale of teenage rebellion and parental confusion makes it at first seem as though the novel were ripped from the author in. Lowry received the 2008 grimshaw sargeson fellowship with paula. Strong on enthusiasm and zen spirit, the manual lacks much in the way of literary models but offers many gimmicksinventing new religions, writing about a day in the life of a shoe and writing your life as a fairy tale.
Guitar highway rose identifies itself as a novel on the front cover, as though trying to offer assurance to the reader. Chapter four is the strength of the guide, offering solid advice on such. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be. The person lowry, brigid represents an individual alive, dead, undead, or fictional associated with resources found in randwick city library. Brigid lowry was born in new zealand into a rather strange but very creative family. In previous incarnations she has been a flower child, a waitress and a school teacher. The book of three chronicles of prydain lloyd alexander the wind singer the wind on fire william nicholson adults only morris gleitzman follow the blue brigid lowry the adventures of super diaper baby captain underpants dav pilkey tonguetied.
Our marketplace offers millions of titles from sellers worldwide. Lowry offers both inspiration and technical help in this upbeat guide for young writers. Chapter four is the strength of the guide, offering solid advice on such narrative. Explore books by brigid lowry with our selection at. Its like a whole lot of balls of brightly colored wool thrown in a basket, with stray beginnings and endings and possibilities everywhere.
Amongst other things, brigid has been a hippie, a waitress, a librarian and a primary school teacher. Follow the blue is one of those readitinaday books, simultaneously about everything bec lives in perth with her mum, celebrity chef vera, and her dad, lewis, as well as her younger brother josh and her little sister bing. She now lives there, having spent some time in australia. Search the catalogue for collection items held by the national library of australia new search eresources user lists feedback help collection delivery times visitor update. In her family, bec has always been the normal, good, sensible one. Download pdf guitarhighwayrose free online new books.
Its a comingofage story set in perth and, as the back cover blurb says, is a funny, touching story, sparkling with bright summer colours. For girls who are and lonely, or women who are 30 and sinking. Its like a whole lot of balls of brightly colored wool thrown in a basket. Auckland teachers college, diploma of teaching with distinction, 1973. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. A look through brigid lowrys tale of teenage rebellion and parental confusion makes it at first seem as though the novel were ripped from the author in embryonic outline. Brigid lowry has 17 books on goodreads with 8151 ratings. Brigid lowry was born in new zealand and now lives in australia. The bad girl by mario vargas llosa, my life as a traitor by zarah ghahramani, follow the blue by brigid lowry, guitar highway rose by brigid lowry, deep in the heart of high school by veronica goldbach, her name was lola by russel hoban.
Follow the blue 2001, allen and unwin spacecamp 2002, allen and unwin, co. Since 1985, lowry has worked as a professional writer and creative writing teacher. In this intoxicating novel by awardwinning author and poet brigid lowry. She spent her twenties living in a buddhist community, veered into performance poetry in her thirties, and subsequently gained a masters degree in creative writing before writing eight awardwinning young adult books. Follow the blue by lowry, brigid find or buy book now. Guitar highway rose brigid lowry national library of. After her father, who has recently suffered a mental breakdown, returns home, her mother. She became a professional writer in 1985 and also teaches creative writing. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. Covid19 ask a librarian due to the need to contain the spread of coronavirus covid19 the library building and reading rooms are closed to visitors until further notice. Mike andrews has been released from prison to work with the fbi to help find an inroad to an active drug cartel in florida. Leonards, nsw wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required.
This resource has been enriched with ebsco novelist data. Triple ripple by brigid lowry overdrive rakuten overdrive. I came across still life with teapot by brigid lowry by chance. Here she learned a love of books, too many swear words and how to cook a decent omelette. Shop amongst our popular books, including 6, juicy writing, things you either hate or love and more from brigid lowry.
Struggling under an eccentric mother and a father suffering from a mental breakdown, bec assumes that her 15th summer will be more of the same. Its like a whole lot of balls of brightly colored wool thrown in a basket, with stray beginnings and endings and possibilities. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Growing up with an eccentric celebrity chef mother and a father who suffers from depression, bec is used to taking care of her two younger siblings and being labeled the sensible one. Brigid s next novel, with lots of love from georgia, won the ya. Brigid lowry fifteenyearold bec, living with her family in perth, australia, decides to stop being sensible and follow her wilder impulses during the summer that her parents are away on a long trip to help her.
She spent much of her life in australia but now lives in new zealand, where she was born and raised. Follow the blue by brigid lowry, 9780312342975, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Buy a cheap copy of follow the blue book by brigid lowry. Follow the blue, brigid lowry randwick city library. After the success of guitar highway rose, she wrote follow the blue, and then she collaborated with her son, sam field, on the fantasy adventure space camp. Brigid lowry is the author of awardwinning poetry, short stories, and young adult novels. Brigid lowrys follow the blue centers on bec, the sensible one in an otherwise quirky family. She lived in australia for many years before returning to new zealand. Brigid lowry began to publish poetry and short fiction at the age of 35, when she returned to university.
Brigid lowry is a poet as well as a writer, and the writing does indeed sparkle. Brigid has published short stories and poetry and the successful guitar highway rose and follow the blue. Quirky, creative, and tender, this honest, beautiful anthology of stories and poetry by an acclaimed young adult writer is about growing up and leaving home, about feeling wobbly and learning how to be wonderful, about friendships and freedom and flaws. Brigid lowry was my favourite writer in my teenage years, and i still love all of her books dearly, she has such a unique writing style. Brigid lowry is a wellknown writer in australia, where her novels guitar highway rose and follow the blue were runaway successes with young readers. It deals with love, death, coffee, badhair days, and everything inbetween. This is a wellexecuted story, with a vivid narrator sure to win readers hearts. Brigids early, rather awful poetry was made into a small book by her father, a printer and typographer, and sold to kindly relatives for two and sixpence a copy.
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