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The narrator describes a 'gentle friend' she once had: an Indian man with schizophrenia that she kept in contact with all her life. In and out of mental health institutions, he nevertheless manages to make time for the narrator, bringing her a wedding gift and having meals together. He dies without her knowledge.
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Epigraph: And in this dream I'm going grey / If you can't take your friends with you / you can take them a long way / before they fall / into the madness of the grave
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Schizophrenia. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person (not the disabled character).
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Awards
- 2011 winner OOTA Spilt Ink Wrining Competition — Creative Non-fiction
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