The Broken Book

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Katherine Elgin grew up in a small coastal town in Australia, desperate to transcend her beginnings and make her mark. From her rebellious childhood Katherine emerges as a stunningly beautiful young woman with a voracious appetite for life's most interesting experiences and an overwhelming desire to write the best book she possibly can. But beauty is a double-edged sword and throughout her life - from Sydney, to London, to the islands of Greece - Katherine carries the burden of being both siren and artist. Inspired by the fascinating life of one of Australia's most talented and intriguing literary figures, Charmian Clift, The Broken Book is wonderfully rich, complex and compelling. Title page......Page 5 Part One: Katherine......Page 11 Sydney, 1969 (Journals of Katherine Elgin)......Page 15 The Broken Book (from Katherine Elgin's unfinished autobiographical novel)......Page 21 Sydney, 1969......Page 36 Sydney, 1941......Page 43 The Broken Book......Page 50 Sydney, 1941......Page 62 Quotations (from Elgin's journal, Greece, 1961)......Page 67 Sydney, 1969......Page 68 Sydney, 1941......Page 72 Letter......Page 82 The Broken Book......Page 83 The Island, Greece, 1961......Page 87 Sydney, 1941......Page 100 The Broken Book......Page 111 Katherine Elgin's World (Newspaper column, 1969)......Page 118 Sydney, 1969......Page 123 The Broken Book......Page 129 Sydney, 1942......Page 140 London, 1953......Page 147 Sydney, 1969......Page 158 The Island, Greece, 1962......Page 159 Sydney, 1942......Page 165 The Broken Book......Page 175 London, 1953......Page 182 Story......Page 195 The Island, Greece, 1963......Page 196 The Broken Book......Page 210 The Island, Greece, 1956......Page 215 Sydney, 1969......Page 235 The Island, Greece, 1964......Page 241 The Broken Book......Page 247 Sydney, 1943......Page 256 The Broken Book......Page 262 The Island, Greece, 1964......Page 269 The Island, Greece, 1965; Sydney 1965......Page 278 Sydney, 1969......Page 290 Sydney, 1946......Page 291 Sydney, 1951......Page 293 Part Two: Anna......Page 295 Canberra, 2003......Page 297 Acknowledgements......Page 319