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Ross McMullin - Life So Full of Promise

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2024-09-12 18:00:00 2024-09-12 19:00:00 Australia/Melbourne Ross McMullin - Life So Full of Promise This book by acclaimed biographer Ross McMullin won The Age Book of the Year Award. You'll be entertained, enlightened and moved as Ross brings these exceptional yet unknown Australians back to life. Leopold Library -

Thursday, September 12
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-12 18:00:00 2024-09-12 19:00:00 Australia/Melbourne Ross McMullin - Life So Full of Promise This book by acclaimed biographer Ross McMullin won The Age Book of the Year Award. You'll be entertained, enlightened and moved as Ross brings these exceptional yet unknown Australians back to life. Leopold Library -

This book by acclaimed biographer Ross McMullin won The Age Book of the Year Award. You'll be entertained, enlightened and moved as Ross brings these exceptional yet unknown Australians back to life.

Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian and biographer, a renowned storyteller, and an entertaining speaker.

Life So Full of Promise won The Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. Ross’s acclaimed biography of Australia’s most famous fighting general, Pompey Elliott, also won multiple awards.

In both his lost generation multi-biographies Ross has combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters in Life So Full of Promise includes a popular doctor, a brilliant cricketer (Ross played first-grade District cricket in Melbourne), and an exceptionally talented barrister who was a potential prime minister.  There’s also a fervent love story in the mix.

With their families and friends also conspicuous in the narratives, Life So Full of Promise is a revealing window into this defining era for Australia. It illuminates what the war was like at home and at the sharp end. Life So Full of Promise emulates Farewell, Dear People in providing insights into the experiences of Australians before, during and after the war, whether they were combatants or civilians, or soldiers’ wives or parents.                 

Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life.

Book sales and signing available at the event.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Talks |

TAGS: | recommended |

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Phone: (03) 4201 0675

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Leopold Library

Mon, Sep 01 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Tue, Sep 02 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Wed, Sep 03 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Thu, Sep 04 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Fri, Sep 05 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Sep 06 9:00AM to 1:00PM
Sun, Sep 07 Closed

Tel: (03) 4201 0675

About the Library

Leopold Library was opened in 2018 and is situated within the Leopold Community Hub. The branch offers a welcoming and bright space with zones for working, comfortable reading and activities. A dedicated technology makerspace provides opportunities to develop creativity, imagination and problem solving. Public access PCs, free WiFi, a large area for children and young people, coffee machine, meeting room for community hire and comfortable seating are further features of this branch. Regular Baby, Toddler and Preschool Story Time sessions are held here. 

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