Edwina Preston approaches Nova Weetman’s ‘generous and open’ grief memoir from a place of shared loss.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
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Rushdie feared until he dealt with the attempt on his life, he ‘wouldn’t be able to write anything else’. The book is a clearly cathartic story of courage and resilience, but it’s curiously one-eyed.
What is the responsibility of the publisher – and the many readers hungry for trauma memoirs – towards the authors who re-live their trauma to write their books? Some are calling for a new approach.
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
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