Cold War in a Hot Kitchen: A memoir of mid-century Melbourne
Cold War in a Hot Kitchen: A memoir of mid-century Melbourne
Cold War in a Hot Kitchen: A memoir of mid-century Melbourne
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The 1950s. Boring?
Hardly.
An influx of European refugees, stirrings of feminism, and the threat of a third world war were remaking Australia. As the Cold War chilled, inside a Melbourne house a young girl was caught in the crossfire of domestic conflict amid the clashing political and social values of her autocratic grandmother, her self-denying mother, and her glamorous aunt; three women who presented very different models of womanhood.
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Critical Reviews
Praise for Cold War in a Hot Kitchen
'A joyful and compassionate memoir replete with family lore and Australian history' - Marylee MacDonald, Surrender, winner of Wishing Shelf Book Award
'Compelling reading. Spence's attention to detail and well-researched analyses are a rich contribution to the study of twentieth century Australian social history.' - Jennifer Radden, Professor Emerita, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Boston
'Cold War in a Hot Kitchen takes us to an almost forgotten Melbourne, steeped in carefulness after two world wars and a depression. An ambiguous time of outward conformity and growing unease. In this beautifully remembered record, a middle-class girl learns to be a woman in a time on the cusp of radical change. A joy to read.' - Janet McCalman
'Charming and perceptive memoir of a middle-class Melbourne girlhood in the 1950s and the constraints on women's lives.' - Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
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