{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-mother-meg-stewart","title":"Autobiography of My Mother — Meg Stewart","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"392\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autobiography of My Mother\u003cbr data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"247\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"258\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Meg Stewart\u003cbr data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"273\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"287\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books Australia\u003cbr data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"314\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"323\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0140075895\u003cbr data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"337\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"357\"\u003eFirst Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1985 (this edition 1986 reprint)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"549\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"408\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good second-hand condition. Light shelf wear and some minor scuffing to covers. Pages clean with mild age toning. Binding firm and intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"826\"\u003eAn unusual and intimate literary biography of Australian painter Margaret Coen, written by her daughter, Meg Stewart. Rather than a conventional biography, this work reconstructs Coen’s life in her own voice—blurring the line between memoir, fiction, and historical portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"1143\"\u003eSet against the backdrop of Australia’s artistic and literary circles from the 1930s onward, the book captures Coen’s struggle to become an artist at a time when independence for women was far from assured. It traces her upbringing, artistic development, and immersion in Sydney’s bohemian and creative communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003eWhat sets this apart is its narrative approach—Stewart writes with restraint and clarity, allowing the emotional and creative life of her mother to emerge gradually, giving the book a quiet but lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49071014936799,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_5768.jpg?v=1777984335","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/autobiography-of-my-mother-meg-stewart","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}