Episode 15: Anna Goldsworthy’s <em>Melting Moments</em> is a poignant story of one woman’s life over 7 decades

Written By Peita Jackson

Photo credit: Nicholas Purcell

In Anna Goldsworthy’s Melting Moments Ruby Jenkins, happily married wife and mother and a product of her post-war generation, wonders if there is something more to life than contented domesticity.

 
Peita Jackson
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