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Caddie, A Sydney Barmaid: An Autobiography
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Caddie
Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid is the fictionally embellished autobiography of Catherine "Caddie" Edmonds, who worked as a barmaid in Sydney during the Great Depression. Published anonymously in 1953 under Edmonds' nickname, which was coined by a lover who likened her to "the sleek body and class of his Cadillac motorcar", Caddie attracted wide critical acclaim upon its or
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Unknown Binding
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199 pages
Published
1966
by Sun Books
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This book relates Caddie's struggles to look after her two children and herself during hard times. She describes the shocking living conditions of the 1920s and 30s in the poorer inner Sydney suburbs. I couldn't help compare her living conditions - small slum houses with packing cases for table and chairs with the expectations of today's first home buyers. MacMansions with entertainment rooms, theatrettes, four bedrooms minimum, two bathrooms minimum, plasma TVs, etc, etc.
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Great, true read about depression-era Sydney in that rare voice from the other side of the bar - the long suffering Australian barmaid.
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