Niki Savva – So Greek: Confessions of A Conservative Leftie
Posted by evdomada on February 10, 2010
Niki Savva has published her story of being inside the Liberal Party during its halcyon days, working for both Peter Costello and John Howard’s staff. The book is titled “So Greek: Confessions of a Conservative Leftie”.
When I searched for her book online, I found that there are quite a few links and reviews for it. It certainly has stirred my interested and I am looking forward to getting my hands on the book to read it as well.
I have included a link to listen to her interview on the ABC Radio National program Life Matters and also a link to a good article written by Fotis Kapetopoulos of the Neos Kosmos.
ABC Radio National: Life Matters with Niki Savva
Here is the abstract provided by most of the review sites:
“From one of the most senior correspondents in the Canberra Press Gallery comes a rare account of life as a political insider.
Born in a small village in Cyprus, Niki Savva spent her childhood in Melbourne’s working-class suburbs — frontiers where locals were suspicious of olive oil, and Greek kids spoke Gringlish to their parents.
Only a few decades later, despite all the challenges of being a migrant woman in Australia, Savva had risen through the ranks of political journalism at The Australian, and had gone on to head the Canberra bureaus of both the Melbourne Herald Sun and The Age.
Then in 1997, family tragedy struck, and she was forced to reassess her career. In spite of her own Labor convictions, she became Liberal treasurer Peter Costello’s press secretary, a role that she kept for six years before moving on to join John Howard’s staff.
This is one of the few books about Australian political life written by an insider with decades of exposure to its major players. Hilarious, moving, and endlessly fascinating, Savva’s is a story that moves between countries, cultures, careers and, ultimately, political convictions.“
