{"product_id":"the-pink-book-henry-von-doussa","title":"The Pink Book - Henry von Doussa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1976 a young dyslexic boy makes a book for Book Week to be displayed in his primary school classroom. He calls it ‘The Pink Book’. It is a collection of softly painted pink pages with no words, no sentences, yet with a very strong story to tell. Forty years later, Henry von Doussa has written into those pink pages to free the waiting story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pink Book \u003c\/em\u003eis a memoir about family, sexuality, class, and fear and grief through the HIV\/AIDS epidemic, highlighting life’s juxtaposing forces: beauty and suffering, freedom and constraint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pink Book \u003c\/em\u003econtains Henry von Doussa’s art, writing, and precious objects (including old family letters and photographs) to tell a story of growing up through the 80s and 90s, asking: What gives a family lift? What drags a family down? \u003cem\u003eThe Pink Book\u003c\/em\u003e explores the power of creativity to understand and ease the mental ill-health that hangs as an ever-present spectre over multiple generations of an Australian family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pink Book\u003c\/em\u003e is an exceptionally crafted, beautifully presented publication designed by award-winning book designer Sean Hogan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: April 2022\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780987403780\u003cbr\u003eImprint: Clouds of Magellan Press\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback, clothbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obsidian Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54032788685105,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/3557\/6881\/files\/pink.jpg?v=1777351081","url":"https:\/\/obsidianbookshop.com\/products\/the-pink-book-henry-von-doussa","provider":"Obsidian Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}