Bibliograph

Leaping into waterfalls, the enigmatic Gillian Mears, Bernadette Brennan

Type

Label

Leaping into waterfalls, the enigmatic Gillian Mears, Bernadette Brennan

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Leaping into waterfalls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Bernadette Brennan

Sub title

the enigmatic Gillian Mears

Summary

Gillian Mears appeared to many to be a shy woman from Grafton, but her lived and imaginative lives were rich with adventure, risk and often transgressive passion. In her award-winning and acclaimed novels and short stories, Mears wrote fearlessly of the dark undercurrents of country and family life, always probing the depths and complexity of human desire. Mears' sensuality and sexuality were the driving forces of her life and writing. As an adult, she was plagued by ill health yet remained steadfast in her quest to be independent and free; while recovering from open-heart surgery, she traversed the country alone in a de-commissioned ambulance. By her mid-forties, multiple sclerosis had confined her to a wheelchair. Undaunted, she continued to write and publish until her death five years later in 2016. Mears amassed an extensive collection of diaries, letters, manuscripts, photographs, recordings and ephemera, and deposited it with the Mitchell Library

Target audience

adult

Classification