Author(s): Carole Van Grondelle

Biography/Memoir

Secondhand.

Nola Luxford's life spanned the twentieth century and circled the globe, taking her from turn-of-the-century Hawke's Bay, to Hollywood's golden Age, and the elite circles of New York society. She became well-known in New Zealand for her radio broadcasts, but it was the Anzac club, which touched the lives of thousands of young New Zealand and Australian servicemen, that she considered was her greatest achievement.