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Women, Work And Migration – Nursing In Australia Jane van den Broek and Dimitria Groutsis: Taylor & Francis Ltd: RRP $81.50: ISBN 9780367140649
This book looks at the migration and work experiences of six women who have migrated to Australia from China, Zimbabwe, South Korea, the United Kingdom, India and the Philippines. It sets their journeys out into three distinct periods of migration, including the first period of their lives when they reflect on their experiences growing up with their immediate families and the factors that encouraged them to gravitate towards a nursing career. The second period covers time when each of these women begins to think about where their career in nursing might take them. During this phase, these women take their first steps to leave their home country and migrate to Australia, often after several countries in between. The final section allows the reader to understand how these women initially experienced Australia when they first arrived and how they faced challenges both personally and professionally.
Wild Fearless Chests Mandy Beaumont Hachette Australia RRP $28.99 ISBN 9780733643033 Brutal. Uncompromising. Magnificent. Complex. Unforgettable. A timely debut short story collection that breaks open the idea of women from a powerful new Australian literary voice.
The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Nan A. Talese: RRP $32.25 (Hardcover) ISBN 9781784742324
In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred? When the van door slammed on Offred’s future at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood’s sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. ‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.’ – Margaret Atwood
On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey Paul Theroux: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: RRP: $35.00 ISBN 9780241266687
Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich but troubled heart of modern Mexico. Mexico is a country that has captured literary imaginations from D. H. Lawrence and Graham Greene to Aldous Huxley. Now Paul Theroux, master of travel writing, immerses himself, attending local language and culinary schools, driving through the country, getting under its skin.
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