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374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles Summary: Magda Szubanski, one of Australia's most beloved performers, tells her story. In this memoir, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the demons of her father's espionage activities in wartime Poland and by her secret awareness of her sexuality, to the complex dramas of adulthood and her need to find out the truth about herself and her family. She addresses her own frailties and fears, and asks the big questions about life, about the shadows we inherit and the gifts we pass on