Waiting at the gate / Robyn Caughlan with Jason Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caughlan, Robyn.

Contributor:

Foster, Jason.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists, Aboriginal Australian--Biography.

Women artists, Aboriginal Australian.

Artists, Aboriginal Australian--Biography.

Artists, Aboriginal Australian.

Women textile designers--Australia--Biography.

Women textile designers.

Textile designers--Australia--Biography.

Textile designers.

Caughlan, Robyn--Childhood and youth.

Caughlan, Robyn.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the age of five, after years of abuse, and just months after the death of her father, Robyn was sent on a 'holiday' and was never returned to her family. She waited at the gate for her mother to return but it soon dawned on her that her family was not coming to get her. This is Robyn's story. From humble and sometimes horrific beginnings Robyn became one of Australia's leading fashion and textile designers and an accomplished artist. In Waiting at the Gate Robyn transforms her life in front of the reader's eyes and comes back from the brink of suicide to build a happy and successful life.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword; Prologue; Daddy's Little Girl; Released; A Two-Week Holiday; The Lucky Hand Heals; The Lost Lambs; Closure, of Sorts ...; Sussanah; A Welcome Addition; The Hurt Returns ...; An Old Demon; Daydreams and Nightmares; A World Turned Upside Down; Innocence Lost; Tough Choices; New Directions; Out of the Frying Pan ...; Pain, Punishment and Purification; Guardian Angels; The War Begins; Death and Rebirth; Revelations; God's Breath; From the Cocoon; Spirituality; The World's a Stage; From Daylight to Twilight and Back Again; D-Day; The Black Mare Returns; Afterword; Acknowledgements

Writer's NoteThe Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-921248-67-X

OCLC:

797915553