Featured Title: The Making of Julia Gillard
by Jacqueline Kent
Read by Lise Rodgers
Julia Gillard is an exceptional Australian political figure. The Making of Julia Gillard tells Gillard’s remarkable story, including her Adelaide childhood, her time as a fiery student activist, her battles to get into Parliament and her relationships with the important men in her political life: Simon Crean, Kim Beazley, Mark Latham and Kevin Rudd.
In this immensely readable book, acclaimed biographer Jacqueline Kent draws on interviews with Gillard’s friends and foes — and with Gillard herself — to reveal just how adversarial her environment has been and how she has thrived.
The Making of Julia Gillard 
Author Information:
Jacqueline Kent was born in Sydney and grew up there and in Adelaide. Originally trained as a radio journalist and broadcaster, she has also been a book editor and a reviewer for numerous publications, and has a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. As well as biography and general social history, she has written fiction for young adults. A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, A Literary Life won the 2002 National Biography Award and the Nita B. Kibble Award. An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin won the 2009 Nita B. Kibble Award and is also available in audio from LBA. She lives in Sydney with her partner, John Tuchin
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