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Meanwhile, Damien and his girlfriend Maya, an aid worker living in London, try to maintain a long-distance relationship. During a violent week, Damien's exasperation boils over: the difficult cases keep arriving, and social issues can't be fixed in clinics. But the medical wins are many, and Damien finds that small interventions and human connections can be more important than dramatic rescues. By turns thought-provoking, funny, and deeply moving, Bush Doctor is a testimony to people's resilience in difficult situations, and the joys and hardships of working in some of the most isolated parts of the country. 'Bush doctoring is real medicine. Damien's journey is fascinating.' Norman Swan, ABC Radio National The Health Report 'Bush Doctor is a superb read, in equal parts entertaining and gut wrenching. Damien captures the wonder and humour of working as a medic in remote Australia without sugar-coating the hard realities. I loved this book.' 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Brendan James Murray's childhood was one of stark contrasts: vivid imaginative adventures but also disadvantage, fear and the shadow of a school he spent months refusing to attend. When a silhouette on a freeway overpass forces him to confront the ghosts of his own childhood, he has a defining realisation about the extraordinary power of imagination to transform lives, and the degree to which it has been neglected. Childhood is a vital and deeply personal investigation into how we can help children find their place in the world, drawn from Brendan's profound and unique perspective as a child, teacher and parent. This haunting, uplifting memoir is a must-read for everyone seeking to understand how the crucial and overlooked absence of a rich inner life in childhood echoes through all our adult years. From the acclaimed author of The School: the ups and downs of one year in the classroom. 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