Women of a Certain Rage

by Liz Byrski (Editor)

Overview

This book is the result of what happened when Liz Byrski asked 20 women from widely different backgrounds, races, beliefs, and identities to take up the challenge of writing about rage. The honesty, passion, courage, and humour of their very personal stories is engergising and inspiring. If you have ever felt the full force of anger and wondered at its power, then this book is for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781760990060
Publisher:	Fremantle Press
Publication date:	05/03/2021
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Liz Byrski is the author of 10 novels, including A Month of Sundays and The Woman Next Door. She is the author of 12 non-fiction titles including In Love and War: Nursing Heroes, Getting On: Some Thoughts on Women and Ageing, and Remember Me. Liz is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, and has worked as a freelance journalist, and a broadcaster with ABC radio.

Table of Contents

Introduction Liz Byrski 7

A Door, Opening Victoria Midwinter Pitt 15

Quarantine Reneé Pettitt-Schipp 29

Waiting on the Saviour Nadine Browne 38

My Father's Daughter Jay Martin 45

Regardless of Decorum: A Response to Seneca's 'Of Anger' Julienne van Loon 54

The Girl Who Never Smiled Anne Aly 68

The Club Sarah Drummond 75

Stuck in the Middle Carrie Cox 86

To Scream or Not to Scream Olivia Muscat 93

To the Max Goldie Goldbloom 103

The Thief Nandi Chinna 120

Write-ful Fury Claire G. Coleman 132

Love More Jane Underwood 139

#AustraliaBurns: Rage, a Climate for Change Margo Kingston 144

The Body Remembers: The Architecture of Pain Rafeif Ismail 157

Everything is Awesome! Mihaela Nicolescu 169

Uluru Statement from the Heart Fiona Stanley 180

Vicarious Trauma: I Was You and You Will Be Me Carly Findlay 192

Seen and Not Heard Meg McKinlay 199

Women of a Certain Rage? Eva Cox 209

Endnotes and References 219

Contributors 225

Editorial Reviews

'A great read. Rage has never been this compassionate, absorbing and thought-provoking. When do I get to party with these smart, talented, wonderful women?' —Judith Lucy, comedian

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