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A Break in the Chain
In the heady days of the Victorian gold rush, Simon Kozminsky established a jewellery house that would gain world renown. But behind the glittering façade of wealth and glamour lay a darker sadder story: a mysterious family rift. In an extraordinary coincidence, the cause of this life-long estrangement was painted by Australia's pre-eminent artist of the time, Frederick McCubbin. The portrait depicts the young Irish woman, Eileen Watkins, who unwittingly drove a wedge between father and son. A Break in the Chain is a brilliant imagining of three generations of real-life Kozminskys. Tangea Tansley brings alive the Melbourne of the past in a tantalising tale of fortune and faith, love and betrayal.
A Break in the Chain
In 1856, Simon Kozminsky travelled from Prussia to begin a new life in the fledgling colony of Victoria. In the heady days of the gold rush, he established a jewellery house that would gain world renown. But behind the glittering facade of wealth, glamour and influence lay a darker, sadder story: a mysterious rift between Simon and his eldest son. In an extraordinary coincidence, the answer to this life-long estrangement was painted by Australia’s pre-eminent artist of the time, Frederick McCubbin. The portrait depicted the beautiful young Irish woman, Eileen Watkins, who unwittingly drove a wedge between father and son. A Break in the Chain is a brilliant imagining of three generations of real-life Kozminskys. With authenticity and dramatic verve, Tangea Tansley brings alive Melbourne of the past in a tantalising tale of fortune and faith, love and betrayal.
Out of Place
'I say to you, Dana, come prepared to enjoy yourself. That's the only way this will work...' When, finally, Dana turns her back on her own career to join her husband Dekker on a company camp in Saudi Arabia, she smothers her apprehension with the conviction that she is doing the right thing. This is the brave new world of the Sixties after all. What harm can come from taking six months, a year perhaps, as time-out? But she is totally unprepared for the harsh reality and restrictions of her new environment, for the frustration and unhappiness she will uncover and for the predicament in which she finds herself. On the one hand she tries to support her friends, on the other she is blind to the traps she herself is falling into. Out of Place is an intense psychological drama about trying to live up to expectations and loss of identity - a story of the intimate lives of ordinary people, their passions, secrets and all-too-human frailties.
Perspectives
In Perspectives, Tangea Tansley offers a reflection of the world we live in told from a range of points of view. Sad, happy, funny, true - both the stories and memoir evoke all the pain, wonder and, sometimes, the joy of the human condition. Many have received awards, been published in literary journals, newspapers, anthologies and broadcast.
For Women who Grieve
Drawing on her experience and hard won insights following her husband's unexpected death, Tansley provides compassionate, practical help to women.
Dare to Build in a Boom
Playing a major part in the design, building and finishing of your own house can be challenging at any time but, as Tangea Tansley and her husband Richard Wheater are to find out, in real estate boom times it can be a particularly lengthy and daunting process. In this unusual love memoir their initial plans to build a simple house for their retirement evolves into something quite different, something that neither could have anticipated. They not only took on the challenge of building an unusual design on a difficult block, but found themselves facing the complications of building in a boom when the cost of construction materials rocketed and tradies were hard to attract at any wage. But in among the frustrations of hard-to-source bricks and mortar something less tangible and way more important holds its ground.
Transformations of the Liminal Self
The concept of home has been changing for more than a century. This change began with colonialism and the movement of people across the globe, often within a set power dynamic. Since people now move with greater frequency, the question of where home is and what home means is more relevant than ever before. Meticulously researched, Transformations of the Liminal Self addresses the formation of home and identity and the ways in which the latter depends on the former. Using the postcolonial Muslim characters in the literary works of British authors Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, and Fadia Faqir, author Alaa Alghamdi shows how home and identity are profoundly impacted b...
A Question of Belonging
A novel set in Northern Transvaal, South Africa, describing the tribulations of a widow with a young son, and the problems of an inheritance and managing a remote farm in a politically unstable period and territory around 1978 and after.
For Women who Grieve
Drawing on her experience and hard won insights following her husband's unexpected death, Tansley provides compassionate, practical help to women.
Question of Belonging
A novel set in Northern Transvaal, South Africa, describing the tribulations of a widow with a young son, and the problems of an inheritance and managing a remote farm in a politically unstable period and territory around 1978 and after.
