PRAISE the EGG ~ Mary Gage /Gregson HbDj Angus & Robertson 1981 UNread in MELB

Description: This book was awarded the Angus & Robertson prize for *Best New Novel of 1982. The story of these chickens is based on a little flock of chickens Mary Gage kept while living in Perth in Western Australia in the 1970s. What led Mary Gage to write Praise the Egg! in the first place? She explains: “While working for the Festival of Perth in Australia I was given two battery hens. I put these pristine silver-legged creatures down in our scruffy run. Their eyes had never seen sunlight before and their claws never touched mud. The cock strutted over at once and crowed, and the two new hens ran for their lives. It was a sound they had never heard before. I began to think about the natural rhythm of my chooks’ lives. The book grew over my years of keeping and observing them and their way of life. It simply wrote itself.” Later this book was the inspiration for a musical.“I think you should tell your readers that you were the inspiration for the musical.” Mary Gage to UPC president Karen Davis Praise the Egg! A New Musical is based on the bittersweet novel by prizewinning writer, Mary Gage, showing life through the eyes of chickens. The book, and now the musical, captures the drama and pathos of the chicken yard with a cast of characters that includes Prudence, Granny Black, England the cock, “X and Y” from a battery-cage hen facility, and Man and Woman, the chicken-keepers. About the AuthorMary Gage received an MA from Cambridge University. She is a former journalist with The Times in London. Gage arrived in Australia in 1971 and settled in Darlington, a hill-side suburb of Perth, Western Australia. She was the Playwright-in-Residence at the Perth Playhouse Theatre in 1979 and won the Western Australian 150th Anniversary Playwrights' Award in that year.Very Entertaining read!Marvellous Reading! WHY do ebayers buy from US?Because you KNOW what you're getting. My close up photos are of the actual item & form part of my description!! POSTAGE IS $9.90 WITHIN AUSTRALIAWe pack your books with care - using secure, lightweight, waterproof packaging to ensure that they are well protected in transit.*All items will be shipped within 3 business days of receipt of payment. Payment can be made by Direct Deposit Bank Transfer or Paypal. Check out my other items- *Buyer to make contact within 3 days of auction end and payment within 5 days. *Cash on pick up is fine. *Bank deposit & PAYPAL available. *Any questions? Just ask! Please look for my other items in our new Ebay Store 'Jingle Bells Books' ~ as there are lots & lots of old, RARE and COLLECTABLE BOOKS to be cleared from our bookshelves. We're new retirees downsizing from 30+ years teaching & clearing an 80 year, 3 generation private family collection of often valuable books ! *HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE up to 3kilos of BOOKS can post WITHIN Australia for $14.90! THANKS FOR DROPPING BY

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