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Biography

Is Delta boring?

Delta by Kerrie Davies

by Anna Goldsworthy
June–July 2005, no. 272

Delta by Kerrie Davies

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Kerrie Davies’s Delta is touted as ‘the first ever biography on Delta Goodrem’. This is not entirely surprising, given that the singer–songwriter is only twenty years old. But Davies makes no secret of the mythical terms in which she views her subject: ‘[Delta] has raged against failure and exulted in the euphoria of success. Delta has felt the power of youth and the fear of death. And she has fallen in love, had her heart broken, and been betrayed. For Delta, this is just the beginning.’

 


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Delta by Kerrie Davies

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