Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Shirley Hazzard
Born: January 30, 1931
Died: December 12, 2016 (aged 85)
Bio: Shirley Hazzard is an Australian author of fiction and non-fiction. She was born in Australia, but holds citizenship of the United Kingdom and the United States.
Known for:
- The Transit Of Venus (1980)
- The Great Fire (2003)
- The Bay of Noon (1970)
- Greene on Capri (2000)
- The Evening of the Holiday (1966)