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'A memoir about downward mobility, disability and the power of hope.
'Sam always knew he was starting life on the back foot. When his parents split, Sam, his mother and his brother had to learn to survive in a world not built for single-parent families. Add to that Sam’s diagnosis with a form of dwarfism and the odds seemed stacked against them. As surgeons kept breaking and resetting Sam’s legs in attempts to keep him walking, disability and poverty collided, and it took all the family’s strength not to crumple in the impact.
'With each change in circumstance – jobs gained and lost, relationships starting and ending, moving between city and country and from school to school – Sam tried to make sense of the adult decisions that kept shaking his world. Armed with hope, the support of friends and teachers, and the unwavering love of his mum, he began to claw his way to a brighter future.
'In Broke, lawyer and disability advocate Sam Drummond weaves a poignant, stirring and deeply compassionate tale of life on the fringes. It’s a story of broken families, broken bodies and a broken system that constantly lets vulnerable Australians down.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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‘Excavating Something I Barely Had Language for’ : Two Memoirs of Disability and Family Explore Deafness and Dwarfism
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 September 2023;
— Review of The House With All The Lights On : A Memoir about Deafness, Hearing and Family 2023 single work autobiography ; Broke : A Story about Love, When Love Is All You Have 2023 single work autobiography -
Show Your Working : Sam Drummond
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2023;
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‘Excavating Something I Barely Had Language for’ : Two Memoirs of Disability and Family Explore Deafness and Dwarfism
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 September 2023;
— Review of The House With All The Lights On : A Memoir about Deafness, Hearing and Family 2023 single work autobiography ; Broke : A Story about Love, When Love Is All You Have 2023 single work autobiography -
Show Your Working : Sam Drummond
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2023;