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Restless talent

A new take on Miles Franklin
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August 2025, no. 478

Miles Franklin Undercover: The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career by Kerrie Davies

Allen & Unwin, $34.99 pb, 369 pp

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Restless talent

A new take on Miles Franklin
by
August 2025, no. 478

In literary careers, straightforward narrative arcs are less the rule than the exception. A writer can begin with a resounding debut, only to stumble at what in the music business is called the ‘difficult second album’. Authors can change genres and audiences; fail at achieving significant sales figures; succumb to hostile reviews, or simple indifference. Miles Franklin expressed it best in her novel title My Career Goes Bung (1946).

Miles Franklin Undercover: The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career

Miles Franklin Undercover: The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career

by Kerrie Davies

Allen & Unwin, $34.99 pb, 369 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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