The Oasis
Menzies Mental Health Novel 2
Reeks: Menzies Mental Health
Anne Buist ; Graeme Simsion
- By
- the
- bestselling
- authors
- of
- The
- Glass
- House,
- Anne
- Buist
- &
- Graeme
- Simsion,
- comes
- the
- second
- novel
- in
- the
- groundbreaking
- Menzies
- Mental
- Health
- seriesTrainee
- psychiatrist
- Doctor
- Hannah
- Wright
- has
- only
- just
- got
- her
- head
- above
- water
- in
- the
- acute
- psychiatric
- ward
- at
- Menzies
- Hospital
- when
- she's
- thrown
- into
- the
- deep
- end
- of
- the
- outpatient
- clinic.
- Keen
- to
- develop
- her
- skills
- in
- talking
- therapies,
- she
- finds
- herself
- up
- against
- a
- boss
- who's
- focused
- on
- medication
- and
- a
- senior
- colleague
- with
- a
- score
- to
- settle.Hannah's
- fellow
- first-years
- face
- problems
- of
- their
- own:
- on-and-off
- flame
- Alex
- is
- being
- bullied,
- Ndidi's
- marriage
- is
- in
- trouble,
- Jon
- feels
- isolated
- and
- Carey
- is
- concerned
- their
- autism
- will
- be
- a
- career
- barrier.While
- Hannah
- comes
- under
- pressure
- to
- seek
- therapy
- herself
- to
- confront
- a
- traumatic
- past,
- her
- patients'
- health
- issues
- range
- from
- OCD
- to
- ice
- addiction,
- childhood
- abuse
- to
- the
- mental
- impact
- of
- ageing,
- and
- from
- bad
- parenting
- to
- bad
- genes.
- They
- all
- come
- to
- the
- Oasis.Written
- with
- great
- humanity
- and
- humour,
- Australian
- psychiatrist
- Anne
- Buist
- and
- internationally
- bestselling
- author
- Graeme
- Simsion
- (The
- Rosie
- Project)
- welcome
- us
- into
- the
- world
- of
- mental
- health
- with
- compassion
- and
- insight.Praise
- for
- The
- Oasis'Anne
- Buist
- comes
- to
- this
- with
- real
- insight
- and
- wisdom'
- THE
- AUSTRALIANPraise
- for
- The
- Glass
- House,
- book
- one
- in
- the
- Menzies
- Mental
- Health
- series'A
- masterfully
- told,
- character-driven
- novel
- that
- will
- have
- you
- laughing
- and
- crying
- in
- equal
- measures'
- THE
- AUSTRALIAN'A
- deeply
- empathetic,
- humanising
- portrait
- of
- a
- mental
- health
- facility,
- and
- the
- souls
- that
- pass
- through
- it'
- THE
- AUSTRALIAN
- WOMEN'S
- WEEKLY'Stunning
- .
- .
- .
- So
- timely'
- DAILY
- TELEGRAPH'Absorbing'
- INSTYLE
- AUSTRALIA'A
- darn
- good
- read'
- LIVING
- ARTS
- CANBERRA'Brings
- alive
- the
- frontline
- of
- mental
- health
- care'
- PROFESSOR
- PATRICK
- MCGORRY
- AO,
- AUSTRALIAN
- OF
- THE
- YEAR
- 2010'Overflows
- with
- compassion,
- insight
- and
- humour'
- MEREDITH
- JAFFÉ'Gripping,
- rich
- and
- insightful'
- ARIANE
- BEESTON,
- author
- of
- Because
- I'm
- Not
- Myself,
- You
- See'Anne
- Buist
- skilfully
- writes
- from
- her
- own
- experiences
- and
- co-author
- Graeme
- Simsion
- adds
- his
- inimitable
- Rosie
- Project
- style.
- An
- honest,
- sensitive
- look
- into
- mental
- health
- care
- in
- Australia'
- PROFESSOR
- JAYASHRI
- KULKARNI
- AM,
- Psychiatrist,
- Monash University
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