Terry Grose
Terry Grose has an extensive background in the financial and commercial fields in Australia and throughout Asia. He began his career as a merchant banker and worked for a number of large companies, including Wesfarmers Limited, before founding his own corporate advisory business Grose International in Hong Kong which he ran successfully for eight years. Terry has returned to Australia to pursue a number of interesting opportunities. He is an avid reader who enjoys cooking and all things French.
The Open Road by Pico Iyer
TERRY GROSE | 29 June 2008PICO IYER's THE OPEN ROAD is a timely book in light of the huge upsurge in international interest in Tibet and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama during the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games. Iyer cannot however be accused of any short-term interest for the sake of publicity.
Iyer's father, an Oxford academic, had known the Dalai Lama since 1960 and Iyer first met him in 1974 when he accompanied his father to... [ more ]
A Company of Planters by John Dodd
TERRY GROSE | 07 October 2007A COMPANY OF PLANTERS presents a very personal account of life in Malaya during the late 1950s, during the period when independence was won. It is the story of a young English rubber planter arriving in Penang in 1956 as a 21-year-old and follows his four year employment contract with an English rubber plantation company.
JOHN DODD was an adventurous young Englishman who, after gaining farming experience in the UK,... [ more ]
Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh MoaveniKabul In Winter by Anne Jones
TERRY GROSE | 20 December 2006In these two books, two remarkable women share two highly personal stories that make fascinating reading and help shed light on Afghanistan and Iran, two countries currently of great importance in world affairs yet that that largely remain opaque to the rest of the world..
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs by Christopher de Ballaigue
TERRY GROSE | 01 March 2006For most people outside the Middle East, mention of "Iran" conjures up pictures of bearded men threatening either the Iranian population or the West with dire consequences. For the West, these currently include terrorism and nuclear weapons. As is invariably the case with such one-dimensional images, the real world is always considerably less black and white, and much more complex.
TERRY GROSE | 02 October 2005This is the story of a child of Latvian descent, born in July 1900 in a southern Siberian hamlet, who grows up to live through: the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, China during the civil war, the Second World War and the Cold War, witnessing all of these dreadful events either first-hand or through the experiences and ordeals of members of her immediate family.
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Passing Under Heaven by Justin Hill
TERRY GROSE | 10 February 2005JUSTIN HILL's latest book, PASSING UNDER HEAVEN, recounts the fascinating story of Lily Yu, a young Chinese poet in the last years of the Tang Dynasty. Hill is a master storyteller who has not only researched the era well but has also lived in China for several years. The result is a gripping story of an exceptional life in difficult times.
One of the pleasures in this thoroughly fascinating story is that Lily's... [ more ]
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
TERRY GROSE | 10 October 2004SHIRLEY HAZZARD's latest novel is well-deserving of the recognition it has already received, winning both the US National Book Award and the Australian Miles Franklin Award and being placed on the Man Booker long list.
Born in Australia in 1931, Hazzard travelled extensively as a child with her diplomat parents. The biographical notes include the intriguing comment that at age 16 she was engaged by British... [ more ]
China: Enabling a New Era of Changes by Pamela Mar and Frank-Jurgen Richter
TERRY GROSE | 19 October 2003For those interested in the ongoing development of China and its evolving role on the world stage, CHINA: ENABLING A NEW ERA OF CHANGES is a valuable work, edited by Pamela Mar and Frank-Jurgen Richter for the World Economic Forum, with contributions from a range of China experts.
The book starts with an outline by the editors of the future China. In addressing this subject, they note the extremes of views held on this subject,... [ more ]
