The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin Perfectly Acceptable Press Wandering along a river in

Wandering along a river in a nearby park in suburban Tokyo

present and pretense

she dares to follow it into the jungle

Nana’s band

referring to the general experience of existing outside of one’s mother tongue

The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin Perfectly Acceptable Press Wandering along a river inAustralia, 1901. Miles Franklin, the young daughter of poor bush farmers, manages to publish her first novel against all odds. A work of remarkable boldness and passion, it becomes an immense success in the English speaking world. While she strives to maintain her anonymity under a male pseudonym, her identity is revealed and she is exposed to the misogynistic prejudices of her time. Restless, indomitable, and unwilling to be silenced, Miles reinvents