{"product_id":"fridays-with-blanche","title":"Fridays With Blanche","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher's description:\u003cbr\u003eWhat secrets will Blanche d’Alpuget disclose to Derek Rielly over regular Friday lunches in her Sydney apartment? What was it like to be Australia’s most notorious woman? Blanche discusses the domino effect her seminal biography on Bob Hawke had on the Labor Party and Australians, how vanity led her to spirituality and what it was like to survive breast cancer soon after Hawke’s death.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn acclaimed writer, her work spans biography, fiction and essays. Blanche’s ideas, in the current climate, are - to put it mildly - dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAmong those interviewed for this revealing biography are Hawke’s daughter Sue, Blanche’s son Louis, her former husband Tony Pratt, writer Thomas Keneally, actor Miriam Margolyes and ALP kingmaker Graham Richardson.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eNothing is off limits in these deeply personal and wildly frank conversations. Blanche is refreshingly candid as she takes us inside one of Australia’s great partnerships and explores the liberation of life, love and sex at 80.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFridays with Blanche is d’Alpuget at her wise and witty best, matched by Rielly’s curiosity and flair.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Derek Rielly\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 304\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 4 November 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781761472084\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622046527799,"sku":"9781761472084","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/9559\/0967\/files\/File-7170_medium_4c8ee81f-a3b4-49ef-9606-93ff78f8c3e2.png?v=1783406091","url":"https:\/\/shop.moadoph.gov.au\/products\/fridays-with-blanche","provider":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}