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Jan 1, 2001 · 4.02. 13,301 ratings698 reviews. Jill Ker Conway tells the story of her astonishing journey into adulthood—a journey that would ultimately span immense distances and encompass worlds, ideas, and ways of life that seem a century apart. She was seven before she ever saw another girl child.
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Aug 11, 1990 · The Road from Coorain is a narrative about separation and the formation of a strongly bonded female personality. It is thus a story which runs counter to a current sentimental view of women's lives as networks of relationships.
The Road from Coorain is a 1989 memoir by Jill Ker Conway. The Road from Coorain was the first in Conway's trilogy of memoirs. True North (1994) is the story of her immigration to America in pursuit of intellectual fulfilment and a Harvard PhD in history.
A Review: Jill Ker Conway’s The Road From Coorain. The word “coorain,” in aboriginal Australian dialects, means “windy place,” which fits the terrain of Jill Ker Conway’s Australia with a devastating accuracy. Ker Conway’s memoir, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary of publication this year, documents her life in New South ...
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Jill Ker Conway. "The Road from Coorain" is a memoir that chronicles the author's journey from her childhood on a remote sheep station in Australia, through her adolescence in war-ravaged Sydney, and finally, to her departure for America.
