The Making Of Julia Gillard

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Viking/Penquin
Publisher Place: Camberwell
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 325 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The first biography of Australias first female Prime Minister. Julia Gillard has always been an exceptional figure in Australian politics, widely admired by her adversaries as well as in the electorate. And now she is also an exceptional figure in Australian history : the first woman to be this countrys Prime Minister. The path to power has been far from smooth. Gillards career has been marked by pitched battles with jealous rivals and powerful factions. But as she herself has observed, I am proof that a woman can thrive in an adversarial environment. Drawing on interviews with her friends and foes and with Julia Gillard herself award-winning biographer Jacqueline Kent gives us the first thorough account of her career before she challenged for the top job. It describes Gillards Adelaide childhood, her time as a fiery student activist, her battles to get into Parliament and her relationships with the important men in her political life : Simon Crean, Kim Beazley, Mark Latham and Kevin Rudd. The Making of Julia Gillard is an insightful and immensely readable account of this remarkable woman, how adversarial her environment has been and how she has thrived. About The Author Jacqueline Kent was born in Sydney and grew up there and in Adelaide. Originally trained as a journalist and broadcaster, she has since 1975 worked as a book editor, editing fiction and non-fiction for most of Australias major publishers. She is the author of two general social histories and six books of fiction for young adults. She lives in Sydney. A Certain Style won the 2002 National Biography Award and the 2002 Nita B. Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers, and was short listed for the New South Wales Premiers Award.

ISBN: 9780670073191