{"title":"Kate Legge","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the compelling works of Kate Legge, a distinguished author and journalist whose insightful narratives delve deeply into the human experience. Legge's books are a captivating blend of Biography and Memoir, offering readers a profound exploration of relationships, family, and personal growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eInfidelity and Other Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e, Legge provides an intimate examination of relationships tested by betrayal and the poignant journey towards understanding and forgiveness. Her ability to portray emotional resilience shines through in this captivating narrative, engaging readers with its honesty and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKindred\u003c\/em\u003e takes you on a different journey, weaving family history with personal reflection. Legge's skill in blending past and present offers a moving portrayal of family ties and the enduring nature of kinship. With her rich storytelling and keen observational eye, Legge invites readers to reflect on the connections that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into Kate Legge's collection for a profound literary experience that combines emotive storytelling with thoughtful insight, making her works a valuable addition to any reader's collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kindred-by-kate-legge-9780522881141","title":"Kindred","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn updated edition with one last story of the Cradle Mountain lovers, laid to rest together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition includes a new development in Kate and Gustav's love story. When Kate died in 1916, she was buried in her family's plot in Devonport, Tasmania. Gustav lived another 16 years and died in 1932, buried in a tomb in Cradle Valley. Kate's body was exhumed and cremated, and her ashes were placed with her husband's on 1 February 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe was an Austrian immigrant; she came from Tasmania. He grew up beside the Carinthian Alps; she climbed mountains when few women dared. Their honeymoon glimpse of Cradle Mountain lit an urge that filled their waking hours. Others might have kept this splendour to themselves, but Gustav Weindorfer and Kate Cowle sensed the significance of a place they sought to share with the world. When they stood on the peak in the heat of January 1910, they imagined a national park for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKindred. A Cradle Mountain Love Story\u003c\/em\u003e traces the achievements of these unconventional pioneers and their fight to preserve a piece of wilderness. Neither lived to see their vision fully realised—the World Heritage listed landscape is now visited by 250,000 people each year. 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When you confront living on your own? In amongst parents dying, careers ending, and becoming a grandparent?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a journalist, Kate Legge often seeks answers to how people reckon with bad luck or bad decisions. When faced with her husband's affair, she discovered a fault line of betrayal running through four generations of his family, which began a search for answers both close to home and more universally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfidelity and Other Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e begins with this puzzle: is unfaithfulness a predisposition or a learned behaviour? From there, Legge contemplates a vast catalogue of behaviours as she strives to understand how we become who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo her own surprise, she finds strength and peace over revenge and hate, as well as joy in unexpected places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There is a list of words a reviewer - I mean me - will never use. One is \"brave\". I'm breaking this rule. There is no word more apt than brave for Kate Legge's \u003ci\u003eInfidelity and Other Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e.' -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A wonderfully thoughtful, mature and somewhat eclectic exploration of the breakdown of a marriage and Legge's endurance through and beyond it ... 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Trent Dalton  \u003cbr\u003e'I enjoyed this journey into a more innocent world.' Stephanie Alexander AO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new memoir celebrating food and friendship from one of Australia's most admired writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the alchemy of food and love? Award-winning journalist and author Kate Legge's evocative reflections take us to the heart of this mystery. The pull of a child to cook alongside their mother. The picnic produced on a first date that parades the possibilities of a romantic partner. The sugar-hit cake left on a porch to welcome you into a neighbourhood under siege.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese indelible meals and shared recipes-scribbled in biro on the back of a school sports carnival program (Janet's date loaf) or copied out in cursive script on lined paper (Deb's chicken pie)-are staples of Kate's kitchen table, tried and true, never-fail, simple fare. 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