We’ve had great sales of Angels of Augustus by Stephanie Somerville to date when we were warned by a few big corporate publishers that books on nurses don’t sell in Australia — yet, mainly by word of mouth, we’ve watched nearly 2000 copies get sold in Australia which is great for an Australian biography about pioneering nurses. Huh-huh (cough) and so we attribute this pleasing success to the fine skills of Noosa author, Stephanie Somerville. Oh, that’s a bit of tongue in cheek – but it has been great to write and sell and book about 1940s outback nurses to an Australian audience when the big guys said we’d never do it.
All of those 2000 copies were autographed by the surviving pioneer nurse, 88-year-old Marjorie (Marj) Wilkinson Somerville. She simply loves her biography and is very, very proud of having made publication – a long wait for her, but worth it.
Hi
Just heard Stephanie’s interview on our local radio 2WEB, here in Bourke. I do all the history research here at the Bourke Public Library. Last year a Peter Westwood contacted me if I knew the whereabouts of a station called Kahmoo was. Kahmoo was a property of my grandparents Alf and Ettie Mitchell. Kahmoo is out from Brewarrina, the other side of Weilmoringle. My uncle Norm Mitchell ran Kahmoo for his parents up until it was sold in the 1970′s. Peter contacted my uncle on the whereabouts of Augustus. If you would like to get Peter’s email address or contact my uncle please let me know. Stephanie said on the radio that she was trying to find out where it ended up.
Regards
Cathy Simpson