Cold War in a Hot Kitchen

Praise for Cold War in a Hot Kitchen 'A joyful and compassionate memoir replete with family lore and Australian history' - Marylee MacDonald, Surrender, winner of Wishing Shelf Book Award 'Compelling reading. Spence's attention to detail and well-researched analyses are a rich contribution to the study of twentieth century Australian social history.' - Jennifer Radden, Professor Emerita, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Boston 'Cold War in a Hot Kitchen takes us to an almost forgotten Melbourne, steeped in carefulness after two world wars and a depression. An ambiguous time of outward conformity and growing unease. In this beautifully remembered record, a middle-class girl learns to be a woman in a time on the cusp of radical change. A joy to read.' - Janet McCalman 'Charming and perceptive memoir of a middle-class Melbourne girlhood in the 1950s and the constraints on women's lives.' - Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University