Learning How to Breathe
$26.90
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2009
Summary
When musician Linda Neil returns home to Brisbane to care for her ailing mother, Joan, a singing teacher, she has no idea what she is committing to, or even that she is committing at all. The experience will change her life.
Connected by a deep love of music - from Linda’s own songs and the works of the classical masters, to the musical comedy of the dance hall and the sound of the street - Linda finds a new bond with her mother. As Joan’s illness progresses, their shared musical pass…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702237348 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0702237345 |
| Author: | Linda Neil |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 134mm x 198mm |
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Linda Neil
Linda Neil is an Australian writer, songwriter and documentary producer. Her first book, Learning How to Breathe, was published in 2009 to wide acclaim. She has a PhD in creative writing and has taught creative writing, cultural and media studies, and film and television at the University of Queensland. Trained as a classical violinist, Neil has performed with orchestras and rock bands, and recorded and toured with some of Australia’s leading independent artists. Her radio documentaries have been shortlisted for the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards (The Asylum Seekers, 2004) and awarded Gold and Bronze medals at the New York Festivals (The Long Walk of Brother Benedict, 2011, and The Sound of Blue, 2008), and her script for The Long Walk of Brother Benedict was also nominated for best documentary script at the 2011 Australian Writers’ Guild Awards.
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