This is the extraordinary memoir from journalist Cheng Lei, whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage.
It's a harrowing, fierce and often darkly humorous account of her experiences. Cheng Lei talks about the power of the human spirit, bravery in the face of cruelty and pettiness, the consolations of letters, music and books, and how unexpected friendships and the love of family can unlock the courage we all have within us
M J Cornwall has teamed with Peter Head to record the legendary Australian musician and singer-songwriter's remarkable story.
A journey through the ages of rock music, with a glittering cast.
In 2020, as the world is closing its borders, journalist Megan Clement races to be with her father, who is dying on the other side of the world. She finds herself trapped in hotel quarantine in Melbourne, where she reflects on what it means to be a naturalised Australian – both immigrant to and emigrant from her adopted country – and on a life lived between Stoke-on-Trent, Harare, Melbourne, London and Paris.
This is a story about who gets to cross borders, and what Australia’s obsession with its own frontiers means for those on either side.
At 35, when a 13-year relationship ends, food journalist Candice Chung finds herself losing not only her first love, but also her most reliable restaurant review partner. Then her retired Cantonese parents offer to be her new plus-ones, and she faces a dilemma: is it better to eat together in polite silence, or to try saying the unsayable-to broach how, for the past decade, they managed to drift so profoundly apart?
In the early 1980s, when Erna Walraven decided to follow her dreams and become one of the first female zookeepers in Australia, she thought her biggest challenges would be feeding big cats and subduing irate gorillas. In fact, it was her male colleagues who made work miserable, harassing and humiliating her for doing a 'man's job'. So, she looked to the animals under her care to prove them wrong.
Journalist Nathan Dunne was living the life of his dreams in London until, one evening, he jumped into a lake for a swim. When he emerged, his identity was simply gone. He felt completely lost and in acute, inexplicable pain. He knew who he was supposed to be but had no connection to the person named Nathan. His memories were distant and separate, not his. Everything was unfamiliar. All he felt was terror.
This was the beginning of his experience with depersonalisation, a little-understood and on-the-rise mystery mental illness that causes a person to dissociate from their body and thoughts
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