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Dawn Barker grew up in Scotland, studied Medicine at Aberdeen University, and specialized in psychiatry, moving to Australia to complete her training. In 2010, her first novel Fractured was selected for the Hachette/Queensland Writers Centre's manuscript development programme which led to its publication by Hachette in 2013. She lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and three children.
Fractured is an extraordinary exploration of mental illness and grief told with great confidence and compassion. - Newtown Review of Books on Fractured Fractured is a touching, moving story about the devastating impact of postnatal psychosis on a family in its extreme manifestations. - Aussie Book Reviews (Australianbookshelf.wordpress.com) on Fractured A superb debut for Dawn Barker, Fractured is a psychologically complex, gripping story that I couldn't put down. - Bookdout.wordpress.com on Fractured Moving at a cracking pace, Fractured is part psychological thriller, part family drama. ... This novel will be a great book club read as it ends with more questions than answers. - Books + Publishing on Fractured Barker is adept in her exploration of the female psche and the emotional intensity of this novel will have readers gripped from start to finish - The West Australian on Let Her Go
