Speechless: A Year In My Father's Business

Button James

ISBN 10: 0522858589 / ISBN 13: 9780522858587

Editore: Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2013

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246 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Codice articolo 163825

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Titolo: Speechless: A Year In My Father's Business

Casa editrice: Melbourne University Press, Carlton

Data di pubblicazione: 2013

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: None Issued

Edizione: Reprint.

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Riassunto:

James Button grew up immersed in the Australian Labor Party as the son of the street-fighting Senator John Button, an environment that encouraged him to become a political journalist and then a speechwriter for former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. His firsthand experiences are collected in this highly personal account of the rough and tumble world of modern politics and the growing disenchantment with Australia&;s Labor Party. Button describes how politics took a detrimental toll on his own family, revealing that the death of his brother haunted their father&;who in turn blamed the tragedy on his all-consuming absorption of politics. This moving memoir paints a colorful picture of the machinations of government and shows how far the party has strayed from the idealism and pragmatism of previous generations, ending on a hopeful note for the party&;s revival.

Informazioni sull?autore:

James Button is a former deputy editor, senior writer, and Europe correspondent for the Age, and he worked as the speechwriter for former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. He is the recipent of an international award from the British Commission for Racial Equality as well as two Walkley Awards.