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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.
Former NSW Deputy Police Commissioner, Nick Kaldas, brings us his extraordinary journey as an immigrant boy from Egypt who rose from beat cop to become one of the most senior police officers in Australia. During his time in the NSW police force, he was one of Australia's first Arab undercover cops, headed up both the Homicide and Gang Squad units, reformed the Counter Terrorism team and then became the Deputy Police Commissioner.
He has also faced down some of the toughest, most brutal criminal organisations in the world. In the Middle East, he was hand-picked by the United Nations to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri; investigate the illegal use of chemical weapons in Syria; and was the Director of Internal Oversight Services at UNRWA, the UN agency tasked with assisting Palestine refugees.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- In certain circles and places, Arnold Dix is known. The people of Monbulk where he has lived for decades know him as a sunflower grower, sometime truck delivery guy, bit of a handyman. There are lawyers who know of his work in scientific and environmental cases. Consultants who know him as a top authority on fire safety. Geologists and engineers who know him as the president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association. Thousands of workers from third world countries who know him as the man who saved them from a form of slavery. And millions of Indians who regard him as a hero, because in December 2023 he made a promise he somehow miraculously kept – that 41 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel would come home, safe and sound.
How this working class publican's son has become all this – and more! – is related in this highly engaging account of a self-confessed eccentric whose overriding philosophy is being kind and helping others. I thoroughly enjoyed this! Lindy
The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important naturalist expeditions in history - from Grantlee Kieza bestselling author of Sister Viv, Flinders, Banks, Mrs Kelly and The Remarkable Mrs Reibey.
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