Kendra talks to Vicki Laveau-Harvie about her memoir, The Erratics, which is out now from Knopf.
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A.A. Knopf, 2020
Photo Credit: Michael Chetham
Author Bio
Vicki Laveau-Harvie was born in Canada but lived for many years in France before settling in Australia. In France she worked as a translator and a business editor, despite being a specialist in eighteenth-century French literature. In Sydney she lectured in French Studies at Macquarie University. After retiring, she taught ethics in a primary school. The Erratics won the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize and was the winner of the 2019 Stella Prize. She has also won prizes for short fiction and poetry.
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Music by Isaac Greene