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Full Circle
Book by Townsend, Helen
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Published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Helen Townsend
29 books6 followersBorn in 1947, Helen Townsend was educated in Melbourne and Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics from Sydney University in 1968.
She worked as a researcher in the Health Department of ABC radio and television for ten years, before becoming a full-time writer. Her many projects since have included the position of researcher for the 1990 ABC/Film Australia documentary of her book Baby Boomers, writer/researcher of a one-hour documentary on Antarctica for Channel 7, researcher for the First State 88 Bicentennial Transport Exhibition and story researcher for the film Phar Lap, among others. The National Times, The Sun Herald, Woman's Day and Cleo have all counted Helen as a freelance contributor. She was also the writer of Australia's first internet soap, 'Friday's Beach', shown on the Microsoft network.
Helen has had 17 books published including Turning Point (1996), Real Men (1994), Heroic Measures (1993), Baby Crazy (1990), Baby Boomers Growing up in Australia in the 1940s, '50s and '60s (1988), Adult Children and Their Elderly Parents (1989) and Balancing Act.
She is married to Steve and has three children, Sophie, Lewis and Patrick. Helen's particular interests are literature, history and social issues.
She worked as a researcher in the Health Department of ABC radio and television for ten years, before becoming a full-time writer. Her many projects since have included the position of researcher for the 1990 ABC/Film Australia documentary of her book Baby Boomers, writer/researcher of a one-hour documentary on Antarctica for Channel 7, researcher for the First State 88 Bicentennial Transport Exhibition and story researcher for the film Phar Lap, among others. The National Times, The Sun Herald, Woman's Day and Cleo have all counted Helen as a freelance contributor. She was also the writer of Australia's first internet soap, 'Friday's Beach', shown on the Microsoft network.
Helen has had 17 books published including Turning Point (1996), Real Men (1994), Heroic Measures (1993), Baby Crazy (1990), Baby Boomers Growing up in Australia in the 1940s, '50s and '60s (1988), Adult Children and Their Elderly Parents (1989) and Balancing Act.
She is married to Steve and has three children, Sophie, Lewis and Patrick. Helen's particular interests are literature, history and social issues.
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February 15, 2020
This was a great read. I found it a little difficult to get into this book initially but soon found it almost impossible to put down. Libby is half chinese, living with her mother and her grandmother, Poh poh living nearby. Libby is unable to read and write and struggles at school but has a lot of support from her school friend Angela. She can't find real closeness with her mother but identifies closely with her grandmother. The book takes you through her life until her thirties, the friends she makes and the struggles to understand herself and tie in the part of her which is chinese. Lovely but sad.
April 10, 2015
Story of a Libby Chung a half-Chinese girl straddling the two cultures in Australia. She grapples with illiteracy and finding her place in life. Very heart-warming. This is the same author who wrote "Turning Point" about ballet and was turned into a film.
April 12, 2009
read it so long ago cant really remember what I thought. Will re read it and then rate it.But the fact that I've kept it probably means it was good.
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