{"product_id":"the-prime-minister-s-potato-and-other-essays","title":"The prime minister’s potato and other essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAfter thirty years confined within museum walls, a restless history curator steps out for air. In this book of essays, Anne-Marie Condé grants herself freedom to ask fresh questions about the significance of objects and places within the lives of ordinary people. Cemeteries, junk shops, war memorials. Stones and scraps and scrawls. These are where this author goes for inspiration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhether it’s a wet greasy pavement in Hobart or a message in chalk in Sydney: Condé can coax a historical narrative out of the most meagre sources. Along the way she asks why anyone would offer a potato as a gift to a prime minister? How could this humble vegetable help us think about Australia’s past?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThroughout, Condé casts a patient and gently curious gaze over her subjects. Many writers are fascinated by unrecorded lives, but where there\u003ci\u003e are\u003c\/i\u003e records, Condé is sure to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne-Marie Condé \u003c\/strong\u003eis a curator and historian living in Canberra. Her published work mainly concerns the history of archives, recordkeeping and museums in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN: 978-1-7637331-3-8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42238584619063,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/The-prime-ministerss-potato-1.jpg?v=1779074765","url":"https:\/\/upswell-publishing.myshopify.com\/products\/the-prime-minister-s-potato-and-other-essays","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}