{"product_id":"telltale-carmel-bird-9781925760927","title":"Telltale","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I was confined, locked into my library, tracing my heartbeats from way, way back.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Telltale, Carmel Bird seizes on an enforced isolation to re-read a rich dispensary of books from her past. A rule she sets herself is that she can consult only the books in her house, even if some, such as the much-loved Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, appear to be stubbornly elusive. Her library is comprehensive, and each book chosen - or that cannot be refused - enables an opening, a connection to people, time, place, myth, image, and the experience of a writing life. From her father's bomb shelter to her mother's raspberry jam, from a lost Georgian public library with 'narrow little streets of books' to the memory of crossing by bridge the turbulent waters of the Tamar River, to a revelatory picnic at Tasmania's Cataract Gorge in 1945, this is the most intimate of memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one that never shies from the horrors of world history, the treatment of First Nations People, or the literary misrepresentations of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal, lyrical, and hugely enjoyable, Telltale, with its finely wrought insight and artful storytelling, is destined to delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A book about books that dreams you through a library of life.' - Bruce Pascoe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I have so loved this book! It walks us through the encounters of a lifetime, always with a delightful eye for strange connections and elusive memories. It is testimony to a life of great intellectual generosity and human compassion. It is irresistible.' - Michael McGirr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carmel Bird","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175756988659,"sku":"9781925760927","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781925760927.jpg?v=1716840108","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/telltale-carmel-bird-9781925760927","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}