Why Geraldine Brooks went to Flinders Island to mourn her husband

Why Geraldine Brooks went to Flinders Island to mourn her husband


"We were always getting calls in the middle of the night [to cover a story] … We lived with a duffel bag packed with crazy things; I had a chador and a bulletproof vest. "I would get up in the morning and … do the work, write my thoughts, and then when I realised that I had a cramp and hadn't moved in hours, I'd go for a walk." "When you're in grief, the best thing you can do is tell your story … It wasn't until I wrote my story that I was able to feel like a normal human being again," she says.

Author: Nicola Heath


Published at: 2025-06-07 20:00:00

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