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Waiting Room

Waiting Room

A Memoir

by Gabrielle Carey
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/05/2013

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When Gabrielle Carey's mother, who is usually pedantically punctual and organised, begins to forget basic things like where she put her dentures, Gabrielle knows that something is wrong. Scans reveal a brain tumour, and doctors advise its urgent removal. But there is another urgency at hand. Biding the dreadful passing of time in doctors' waiting rooms, Gabrielle begins to realise how much her mother has left untold, how many questions she still wants to ask her, and how little time there is left for answers. Gabrielle begins to voice the unasked - to attempt to discover the mother whom she has lived with all her life, but never truly known. In this sharp and honest memoir, we see what it is that families, in all their complex dynamics, can give to each other, and just what they stand to gain when they lay down their arms and let each other in.
ISBN:
9781921372629
9781921372629
Category:
Memoirs
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-05-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scribe Publications
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
234x153x17mm
Weight:
0.3kg
Gabrielle Carey

Gabrielle Carey published her first co-written book, Puberty Blues, while still in her teens. She has since written biography, autobiography, memoir, essays and articles. Her book, Moving Among Strangers (UQP 2013), was the joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction and short-listed for the 2015 National Biography Award. Her essay 'Waking Up with James Joyce' was named a 'Notable Essay' by Best American Essays 2019. Her most recent book is a bibliomemoir - Only Happiness Here - in search of Elizabeth von Arnim (UQP 2020).

For twenty-five years Gabrielle taught writing at various universities including the University of Canberra, the University of Western Sydney and the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. She is now a full-time writer and vagabond scholar.

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