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GAIL BELL Being Shot: A place between worlds. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

GAIL BELL Being Shot: A place between worlds. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 11 Oct 2018 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

The victim of a random unsolved shooting, in this memoir Gail Bell offers a sober contemplation of the ramifications of gun violence. As 17-year-old Gail Bell walked home from the train station at Toongabbie, New South Wales, on a dark night in April 1968, a vehicle...
BRI LEE Eggshell Skull: A memoir about standing up, speaking out and fighting back. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

BRI LEE Eggshell Skull: A memoir about standing up, speaking out and fighting back. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 29 May 2018 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Writing with raw energy and cool intelligence, in Eggshell Skull Bri Lee reminds us of the prevalence of abuse and injustice in our communities. The first pre-trial hearing Bri Lee worked on as a judge’s associate in the Queensland District Court involved a...

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