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Books That Made Us

When I had finished the book,I did know that this was a book thatI'd waited my whole life...

When I had finished the book,
I did know that this was a book that
I'd waited my whole life to write

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When I had finished the book, I did know
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that this was a book that I'd waited my whole life to write.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:43
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
S01 • E03 And it is related to Verla and her memory of her affair. - Books That Made Us 00:07
And it is related to Verla and her memory of her affair.
S01 • E03 This just cut me. - Books That Made Us 00:05
This just cut me.
S01 • E02 WOMAN: There's something I want to show you down here - Books That Made Us 00:06
WOMAN: There's something I want to show you down here
S01 • E03 "That Verla's self, - Books That Made Us 00:16
"That Verla's self,
S01 • E01 "I lost my own father at 12 year of age - Books That Made Us 00:07
"I lost my own father at 12 year of age
S01 • E02 Have a look over - Books That Made Us 00:06
Have a look over
S01 • E01 "and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences. "My dear daughter, you are presently too young - Books That Made Us 00:18
"and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences....
S01 • E02 That is the island where they kept the hard men in chains. - Books That Made Us 00:05
That is the island where they kept the hard men in chains.
S01 • E03 "Andrew was not seeking her now because he never did. - Books That Made Us 00:05
"Andrew was not seeking her now because he never did.
S01 • E02 After the mutiny has been pinned on him... - Books That Made Us 00:04
After the mutiny has been pinned on him...
S01 • E03 "In his every moment with her, his every act, - Books That Made Us 00:09
"In his every moment with her, his every act,
S01 • E02 Shocking, isn't it? And when he's abandoned - Books That Made Us 00:05
Shocking, isn't it? And when he's abandoned
S01 • E01 Such a clear perspective, such a clear attitude to it, - Books That Made Us 00:10
Such a clear perspective, such a clear attitude to it,
S01 • E03 "The mercury spreads through her, icy, unstoppable. - Books That Made Us 00:05
"The mercury spreads through her, icy, unstoppable.
S01 • E02 And then he has to free himself and drift back to Sarah Island. - Books That Made Us 00:05
And then he has to free himself and drift back to Sarah Isla...
S01 • E03 "She was an empty space to be occupied. - Books That Made Us 00:04
"She was an empty space to be occupied.
S01 • E03 "When she was gone, he would find another, - Books That Made Us 00:13
"When she was gone, he would find another,
S01 • E01 Such a clever way into the story, and so intimate. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Such a clever way into the story, and so intimate.
S01 • E02 I think I'm becoming keenly aware - Books That Made Us 00:08
I think I'm becoming keenly aware
S01 • E01 This idea of Ned Kelly as a quintessential mythic figure, - Books That Made Us 00:17
This idea of Ned Kelly as a quintessential mythic figure,