Speechless : A Year in My Father's Business (Paperback)

from PhilipJHunt

Since I was attracted by the insider's point of view of the Kevin Rudd leadership style, I inevitably found the rest of Button's book underwhelming. My fault rather than his perhaps. I liked the sections about his short and unsuccessful attempts to write speeches for a Prime Minister who preferre...

from questbird

James Button experienced a gentle midlife crisis. Instead of buying a red car and running away with his secretary he quit journalism and journeyed to Canberra, ostensibly to be Kevin Rudd's speechwriter. That did not work out and this book is the result. It rambles between topics such as the Aust...

from Michele48

A highly readable and often moving personal recollection of family life and Labor Party politics in recent Australian history.

from Michele48

A highly readable and often moving personal recollection of family life and Labor Party politics in recent Australian history.