Eggshell Skull

Author : Bri Lee
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760636185
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eggshell Skull written by Bri Lee and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Scorching, self-scouring: a young woman finds her steel and learns to wield it' - Helen Garner 'Brutal, brave and utterly compelling . . . I can't remember a book I devoured with such intensity, nor one that moved me so profoundly' Rebecca Starford, author of Bad Behaviour and co-founder of Kill Your Darlings EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they find them'. If a single punch kills someone because of their thin skull, that victim's weakness cannot mitigate the seriousness of the crime. But what if it also works the other way? What if a defendant on trial for sexual crimes has to accept his 'victim' as she comes: a strong, determined accuser who knows the legal system, who will not back down until justice is done? Bri Lee began her first day of work at the Queensland District Court as a bright-eyed judge's associate. Two years later she was back as the complainant in her own case. This is the story of Bri's journey through the Australian legal system; first as the daughter of a policeman, then as a law student, and finally as a judge's associate in both metropolitan and regional Queensland-where justice can look very different, especially for women. The injustice Bri witnessed, mourned and raged over every day finally forced her to confront her own personal history, one she'd vowed never to tell. And this is how, after years of struggle, she found herself on the other side of the courtroom, telling her story. Bri Lee has written a fierce and eloquent memoir that addresses both her own reckoning with the past as well as with the stories around her, to speak the truth with wit, empathy and unflinching courage. Eggshell Skull is a haunting appraisal of modern Australia from a new and essential voice. 'Courageous, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful' Liam Pieper, author of The Toymaker 'Sensitive and clear-eyed' Jessica Friedmann, author of Things That Helped 'A page-turner of a memoir, impossible to put down' Krissy Kneen, author of An Uncertain Grace

Author : Ellena Savage
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925923177
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blueberries written by Ellena Savage and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stimulating combination of memoir, essay, poetry, confession and critique, Blueberries is a powerful and revealing collection from a rising star in Australian creative non-fiction.

Author : Amy Strauss Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947465756
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eggshell Skull Rule written by Amy Strauss Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rachel Cusk
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571267181
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arlington Park written by Rachel Cusk and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arlington Park, a modern-day English suburb, is a place devoted to the profitable ordinariness of life. Amidst its leafy avenues and comfortable houses, its residents live out the dubious accomplishments of civilisation: material prosperity, personal freedom, and moral indifference. For all that, Arlington Park is strikingly conventional. Men work, women look after children, and people generally do what's expected of them. Theirs is a world awash with contentment but empty of belief, and riven with strange anxieties. Set over the course of a single rainy day, the novel moves from one household to another, and through the passing hours conducts a deep examination of its characters' lives: of Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; of Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; of Solly, who confronts her own buried femininity in the person of her Italian lodger; of Maisie, despairing at the inevitability with which beauty is destroyed; and of Christine, whose troubled, hilarious spirit presides over Arlington Park and the way of life it represents. Rachel Cusk's sixth novel is her best yet. Full of compassion and wit, each page laden with truth, she writes about her characters' domestic lives, their private thoughts and fears with an intelligence and insight that will leave readers reeling.

Author : Jodi Picoult
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416547819
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plain Truth written by Jodi Picoult and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the small town of Paradise, Pennsylvania, peace is shattered by the discovery of a dead infant in the barn of an Amish farmer.

Author : Bri Lee
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760872652
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beauty written by Bri Lee and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You were either fit and trim or you weren't working hard enough. Your body was how you conveyed wealth and status to your peers, it was a personality trait, a symbol of goodness and values: an ethical ideal. In recent decades women have made momentous progress fighting the patriarchy, yet they are held to ever-stricter, more punishing physical standards. Self-worth still plummets and eating disorders are more deadly for how easily they are dismissed. In Beauty , Bri Lee explores our obsession with thinness and asks how an intrinsically unattainable standard of physical 'perfection' has become so crucial to so many. What happens if you try to reach that impossible goal? Bri did try, and Beauty is what she learned from that battle: a gripping and intelligent rejection of an ideal that diminishes us all.

Author : Ollie Ollerton
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788702085
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Break Point written by Ollie Ollerton and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DON'T MISS OLLIE OLLERTON'S MUST-HAVE SURVIVAL GUIDE, HOW TO SURVIVE (ALMOST) ANYTHING! PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER OLLIE OLLERTON CO-HOSTS SAS: WHO DARES WINS ALONGSIDE ANT MIDDLETON, JASON FOX and MARK BILLINGHAM. THIS IS HIS INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY Where is your break point? Is it here? Facing the gruelling SAS selection process on one leg, with a busted ankle and the finish line nowhere in sight? Or here? Under heavy fire from armed kidnappers while protecting journalists en route to Baghdad. Or is it here? At the bottom of a bottle, with a family in pieces, unable to adapt to a civilian lifestyle, yearning for a warzone? Ex-Special Forces soldier and star of TV's SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton has faced many break points in his life and now he tells us the vital lessons he has learnt. His incredible story features hardened criminals, high-speed car chases, counter-terrorism and humanitarian heroics - freeing children from a trafficking ring in Thailand. Ollie has faced break points in his personal life too, surviving a freak childhood attack, run-ins with the law as a teenager rebelling against a broken home, his self-destructive battles with alcohol and drug addiction, and his struggles with anxiety and depression. His final redemption as an entrepreneur and mental health charity ambassador has seen him overcome adversity to build a new and better life. 'Everyone has the capacity for incredible achievement, because it's only when it's crunch time, when you're down to your last bullet - when you're at break point - that you find out who you really are.'

Author : Molly Greeley
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062942905
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clergyman's Wife written by Molly Greeley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice—and legions of historical fiction lovers—an inspired debut novel set in Austen’s world. Charlotte Collins, nee Lucas, is the respectable wife of Hunsford’s vicar, and sees to her duties by rote: keeping house, caring for their adorable daughter, visiting parishioners, and patiently tolerating the lectures of her awkward husband and his condescending patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Intelligent, pragmatic, and anxious to escape the shame of spinsterhood, Charlotte chose this life, an inevitable one so socially acceptable that its quietness threatens to overwhelm her. Then she makes the acquaintance of Mr. Travis, a local farmer and tenant of Lady Catherine.. In Mr. Travis’ company, Charlotte feels appreciated, heard, and seen. For the first time in her life, Charlotte begins to understand emotional intimacy and its effect on the heart—and how breakable that heart can be. With her sensible nature confronted, and her own future about to take a turn, Charlotte must now question the role of love and passion in a woman’s life, and whether they truly matter for a clergyman’s wife.

Author : Nicola Senior
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571331254
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wolfie's Secret written by Nicola Senior and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfie was no ordinary wolf. He was a wolf with a difference. He had a special, super secret that nobody knew . . .Wolfie is supposed to be a big bad wolf. Unfortunately though, he's not very good at it - and worse yet, he has a terrible secret. Instead of gobbling up little pigs, Wolfie would much rather be wolfing down . . . cakes! Yes, it's true - this big, burly wolf is a star baker in the making. But can he keep his secret from that pesky Little Red?This stunning debut from author/illustrator Nicola Senior is a playful take on an old favourite tale, and one sure to make you laugh as you root for a wonderful new hero.

Author : John Bell
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743311737
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Shakespeare written by John Bell and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With humour, wit and a lifetime of experience this is a fascinating backstage pass to the life and plays of the Bard from Australia's best-known Shakespearean actor and director, John Bell. It's Shakespeare and his world as you've never read before.