Memoir

THOMSON, Deborah

THOMSON, Deborah

Deborah left Wayne after eighteen years of his violence, taking their children with her. She thought they were now free from abuse. Not so. Deborah’s books ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway?: Recognising and Surviving Domestic Violence’, ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway?: Leaving a Violent Abuser’, and Tasmanian Voices: The Family Violence Epidemic’ focus on the experiences of domestic violence across Australia.

KING, Kerry

KING, Kerry

Experience the high and lows of a mother and daughter’s dementia journey, from diagnosis to aged care. In a world where nearly every person I meet knows someone or has a loved one with dementia, this book has been written from first hand experience to provide insights and lessons learned into the world of dementia.

WILDE, Diana

WILDE, Diana

A step-in or girdle was worn in the 50s and 60s to control the flab of a female body. Dianne escaped the control of a conservative and Christian middle class family in Sydney and sailed to England in 1968. On arrival, she disposed of her constrictive clothing and began living a swinging London life.