Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden
$72.00
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2015
Summary
The Secret Garden: Wendy Whiteley’s Oasis of Healing and Art
For over two decades, Wendy Whiteley has poured her heart and soul into transforming a neglected patch of land at the foot of her Sydney home into a breathtaking public garden. This is the inspiring story of how one determined and creative woman turned a wasteland into a sanctuary for all to enjoy, finding solace and renewal in the process.
Wendy, the wife, muse, and model of the renowned artist Brett Whiteley, pos…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921383939 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921383933 |
| Author: | Janet Hawley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Lantern |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 2.11kg |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 330mm x 260mm |
About The Author
Janet Hawley
Janet Hawley enjoyed a wide readership in her thirty-year career as a senior feature writer on Good Weekend Magazine, published in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
She’s renowned for her intimate profiles of artists and creative people, and trusted by her interview subjects to explore their private worlds and mysteries of the creative process. She’s published two books on artists, Artists In Conversations and Encounters With Australian Artists. Her book, A Place on the Coast, co-authored with Philip Cox, explores love of gardens, art and architecture.
Her wide-ranging feature writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian has won her numerous major awards, including two Walkley Awards and the Gold Walkley.
Janet’s long friendship with Brett and Wendy Whiteley led to her writing the story of Wendy’s major opus, the Secret Garden.
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