{"product_id":"baby-boomer-a-memoir-of-a-generation-by-greg-young-pb","title":"Baby Boomer: A memoir of a generation by Greg Young | PB","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(20, 20, 219);\"\u003eAVAILABLE EARLY OCTOBER 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(20, 20, 219);\"\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe memoir of the Boomer generation that I’ve been waiting for — incisive, eloquent, candid and funny.\u003c\/i\u003e ~Amanda Lohrey, Miles Franklin Award winner and political essayist \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA sharply observed reflection on three-quarters of a century of change, powered by boundless curiosity and gentle humour.\u003c\/i\u003e ~Paul Bailey, Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist and editor of the Australian Financial Review, 2011-2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow will history judge the Baby Boomers? And what do they think of themselves? Greg Young offers one answer through a life lived at the fault lines of a changing nation. Born into Tasmania’s colonial amnesia, he came of age at university in Hobart as a young gay man in the turbulent 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBackpacking through swinging London and fascist Spain — and surviving a Colombian jail — gave way to public service in Whitlam’s Canberra. Pioneering work followed in Sydney, in heritage and cultural planning — and later in academia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNothing, however, prepared him for the premature death of his partner in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawing on scholarships in Venice and at the Getty Conservation Institute, Young reflects on what history, culture and philosophy can mean for a life — and why a nation needs them. Deeply personal and political, this memoir is a reckoning with the generation that shaped postwar Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forty South Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49009879810218,"sku":"9781764660075","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0296\/1353\/files\/BabyBoomer_Cover.jpg?v=1785900012","url":"https:\/\/shop.fortysouth.com.au\/products\/baby-boomer-a-memoir-of-a-generation-by-greg-young-pb","provider":"Forty South Publishing Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}