Author Margaret Ann Spence will discuss her newest book, Cold War in a Hot Kitchen. An influx of European refugees, stirrings of feminism, and the threat of a third world war were remaking Australia. As the Cold War chilled, inside a Melbourne house a young girl was caught in the crossfire of domestic conflict amid the clashing political and social values of her autocratic grandmother, her self-denying mother, and her glamorous aunt; three women who presented very different models of womanhood. This is a story of a city and a family on the verge of transformation. A quarter of the way into the next century, these themes are still topical, the issues still unresolved. Indeed, they are more relevant than ever before.

Margaret Ann Spence is the author of two novels, the award-winning Lipstick on the Strawberry and the award-finalist Joyous Lies. A graduate of Melbourne University, Margaret worked for Penguin Books (Australia) Ltd, and Walkabout magazine before moving to the United States to obtain a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University. Margaret lived in Lincoln for 25 years, raising her three sons there. Retaining close ties with Australia, Margaret was appointed the Australian Honorary Consul in Boston 1990-2000.

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