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Butterfly on a pin : a memoir of love, loss and reinvention

by Alannah Hill

This memoir traces an Australian fashion designer's trajectory from a traumatic childhood in Tasmania to international success and her subsequent departure from the industry. It explores themes of identity, motherhood and the reconciliation of a difficult family history.

Accession 24654 ISBN 9781743794258 Publisher Hardie Grant
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