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Amy is a force. Look up her Ted talk to see her in action. This memoir starts a little slow and felt a little incomplete, but I am feeling stunned and bereft now that I‘ve finished it. A lesson in overcoming adversity and the complexities of family trauma and love. Her perspective and positivity has left me a bit gobsmacked and deeply moved. #oznonfiction

Book club book. This was slow to start but when it did it was very entertaining! Not always in a good way! Some people live such interesting lives. I loved that a lot of this was set in a suburb of Perth, Scarborough. I‘m not sure but I think I stayed at the hotel after one of my school balls. @MrsMalaprop do you remember a hotel called ‘Mandarin gardens‘?
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#audiopuzzling
I have never done puzzles while listening to books before. I don‘t generally ‘do‘ audiobooks. But I recently discovered the free audiobooks on ABCListen and enjoyed listening whilst on a road-trip to Albany, Western Australia (5 hours each way). #currentlylistening #oznonfiction

Making a start on this book of essays. In the lead-up to Australia Day on 26 Jan I try to read a book about the true history of this country from an Aboriginal perspective. This is the book I choose for 2022. #currentlyreading #oznonfiction #notadatetocelebrate

#nextup I seem to be reading about writing ✍️ a lot lately, which is interesting given I am not a creative writer 🤔 (as a school psych I write plenty at work).

But anyway, how beautiful is this cover? 😍☁️

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Three people and three stories about their romantic heartbreaks. It was non-fiction and reminded me in format of Three Women. Lovely writing and I raced through it, yet I wanted more. Heartbreak is so familiar and ubiquitous, so I expected to be pulled emotionally. But I wasn‘t and I‘m not sure why. Still good though. #oznonfiction

While recovering in a hospital bed having twice being resuscitated after a heart attack, academic, broadcaster and writer Dessaix reflects on his life, loves and travels, wondering how to live the rest of his life. The writing is lovely and there are some interesting ideas, observations and quotations in it, but I didn't much enjoy it. I think because he seemed to me awfully smug and self satisfied. I probably should have bailed. #oznonfiction

Excellent biography of an extraordinary man who used his talents for the betterment of others. I knew about the contribution he made in areas such as aboriginal land rights, anti discrimination and equal opportunity for women but I didn't realise just how early some of it was, or that it was he as much as Whitlam who dismantled the White Australia policy. 👇

It‘s very hard to photograph a black dog!

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Books that made a deep impression on me.

This book should be required reading by all Australians. 💛❤️🖤
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This book reduced me to tears many times. It is fascinating, heartbreaking and inspiring.
This man is a 'Forgotten Australian' who because of trauma and anguish exiles himself from society. The world is full of forgotten, invisible, misunderstood, lonely people who we judge because of their appearance or circumstances.
This is one of my favourite books of the year and I know I will think about it for a long time.
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