7 Feb 2016

Taking My Mother to the Opera

From Standing Room Only, 2:45 pm on 7 February 2016
Taking My Mother to the Opera book cover

Taking My Mother to the Opera book cover Photo: Supplied

Poet Diane Brown has made good use of her private life in her writing over the years - much to her mothers' chagrin, who probably wouldn't appreciate her new book much, either. Taking My Mother to the Opera is a long, poetic memoir about her parents' lives and the secrets and mysteries all families keep.

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