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Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family

Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family

Randolph Stow and My Family

by Gabrielle Carey
Hardback
Publication Date: 23/10/2013

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Two literary lives defined by storytelling and secrets.  

As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan's childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter sets in motion a literary pilgrimage that reveals long-buried family secrets. Like her mother, Stow had grown up in Western Australia.

After early literary success and a Miles Franklin Award win in 1958 for his novel To the Islands, he left for England and a life of self-imposed exile. Living most of her life on the east coast, Gabrielle was also estranged from her family's west Australian roots, but never questioned why. A devoted fan of Stow's writing, she becomes fascinated by his connection with her mother, but before she can meet him he dies.

With only a few pieces of correspondence to guide her, Gabrielle embarks on a journey from the red-dirt landscape of Western Australia to the English seaside town of Harwich to understand her family's past and Stow's place in it. Moving Among Strangers is a celebration of one of Australia's most enigmatic and visionary writers.

ISBN:
9780702249921
9780702249921
Category:
Biography: general
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
23-10-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Queensland Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
207x133x25mm
Weight:
0.38kg
Gabrielle Carey

Gabrielle Carey published her first co-written book, Puberty Blues, while still in her teens. She has since written biography, autobiography, memoir, essays and articles. Her book, Moving Among Strangers (UQP 2013), was the joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction and short-listed for the 2015 National Biography Award. Her essay 'Waking Up with James Joyce' was named a 'Notable Essay' by Best American Essays 2019. Her most recent book is a bibliomemoir - Only Happiness Here - in search of Elizabeth von Arnim (UQP 2020).

For twenty-five years Gabrielle taught writing at various universities including the University of Canberra, the University of Western Sydney and the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. She is now a full-time writer and vagabond scholar.

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