Title: Albanese
Description: A widow of recent turbulent years of federal politics with a deeply personal dimension. This is the whole story of Anthony Albanese and remarkable mother, Maryanne, who raised him. Anthony learned his political craft among tough men and women of NSW Labor, inheriting his mothers devotion to social justice, the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the party his family had served for three generations. Maryanne adored her only child and Anthony his only parent. Until his teens, he believed she had been widoed before his birth. Then one evening, she sat him down and told him the truth.
Subjects: Childhood and youth, Politicians, Biography, Mothers and sons, Politics and government
Places: Australia
People: Anthony Albanese (1963-)
Time periods: 21st century