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An Australian and international bestseller. Belinda Alexandras stunning debut novel. Deidre Rubensteins well-modulated contralto voice brings empathy and compassion to Alexandras first novel, loosely based on the true story of a White Russian mother and daughter forced to flee Ch...ina at the outbreak of WWII. Rubensteins narrative style, low-key and perfectly enunciated, conveys the struggle to survive and the passion for life that Anya exemplifies. As a refugee, Anya moves from Shanghai to the Philippines, and finally, to Australia, so many different accents and speech patterns are used by Rubenstein to portray the people Anya encounters. Her steady pace and ability to communicate emotions to listeners complement this powerful dramatization as it spans the decades. AudioFile Magazine
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| ISBN |
9781740948852 |
| Published NZ |
1 May 2005 |
| Publisher |
Bolinda Publishing |
| Format |
Audio disc/Other, Unabridged edition |
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| Availability |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
Depicts vividly the powerful lifelong bond between mothers and daughters. -- Paullina Simons A passionate and powerful family saga. -- The Australian Women's Weekly One of our great storytellers. -- The Sunday Telegraph Deidre Rubenstein's well-modulated contralto voice brings empathy and compassion to Alexandra's first novel, loosely based on the true story of a White Russian mother and daughter forced to flee China at the outbreak of WWII. Rubenstein's narrative style, low-key and perfectly enunciated, conveys the struggle to survive and the passion for life that Anya exemplifies. As a refugee, Anya moves from Shanghai to the Philippines, and finally, to Australia, so many different accents and speech patterns are used by Rubenstein to portray the people Anya encounters. Her steady pace and ability to communicate emotions to listeners complement this powerful dramatization as it spans the decades. -- AudioFile Magazine |
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Author's Bio
Belinda Alexandra has been published to international acclaim. She is the daughter of a Russian mother and an Australian father, and has been an intrepid traveller since her youth. Her love of other cultures and languages is matched by her passion for her home country, Australia, where she is a volunteer rescuer and carer for the NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES). Deidre Rubenstein is regarded as one of Australia's most accomplished actresses. As a stage actress, she has starred in productions with all major Australian theatre companies, and has created three highly acclaimed one-woman shows which have toured Australia and overseas. As a film actress, Deidre won an Australian Film Industry (AFI) award for Best Actress in the mini-series Palace of Dreams. Deidre is also a multi-award-winning narrator. Audiobooks narrated for Bolinda include Elizabeth Costello by Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee, Gilgamesh by Joan London, Elizabeth Harrower novels as well as ABC titles Australian Heroines of World War One, Miss Muriel Matters and Mrs Kelly.
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