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'Eddie Ayres has a lifetime of musical experience—from learning the viola as a child in England and playing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, to landing in Australia to present an extremely successful ABC Classic FM radio show. But all of this time Eddie was Emma. In 2014 Emma was spiralling into depression, driven by anguish about her gender. She quit the radio and decided on a surprising path to salvation. Emma applied for a position at Dr Sarmast's renowned Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, teaching cello to orphans and street kids. In Danger Music, Eddie takes us through the chaos of Kabul, into the lives of the Afghan children who are transported by Bach, Abba, Beethoven and their own exhilarating Afghan music. Alongside these epic experiences, Emma determines to take the final steps to secure her own peace; she becomes the man always there inside— Eddie.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Favourites for 2018
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , November no. 100 2019; (p. 47-54)
— Review of First Person 2017 single work novel ; The Dry 2016 single work novel ; Danger Music 2017 single work autobiography -
Music and Silence with Eddie Ayres
Joy Lawn
(interviewer),
2019
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 34 no. 1 2019; (p. 8) 'Eddie Ayres is a highly regarded ABC Radio National breakfast radio broad-caster. musician and music teacher. He was known as Emma Ayres before transitioning from female to male just before his fiftieth birthday. He has taught music in Kabul. Afghanistan, and has written two memoirs for adults or mature teens. Cadence (2014) is about his 16.000 km cycling trip from England to Hong Kong with a violin and Danger Music (2017) is a powerful reflection of the joy and horror of his year in Kabul.' (Introduction)
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Favourites for 2018
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , November no. 100 2019; (p. 47-54)
— Review of First Person 2017 single work novel ; The Dry 2016 single work novel ; Danger Music 2017 single work autobiography -
Music and Silence with Eddie Ayres
Joy Lawn
(interviewer),
2019
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 34 no. 1 2019; (p. 8) 'Eddie Ayres is a highly regarded ABC Radio National breakfast radio broad-caster. musician and music teacher. He was known as Emma Ayres before transitioning from female to male just before his fiftieth birthday. He has taught music in Kabul. Afghanistan, and has written two memoirs for adults or mature teens. Cadence (2014) is about his 16.000 km cycling trip from England to Hong Kong with a violin and Danger Music (2017) is a powerful reflection of the joy and horror of his year in Kabul.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2018 longlisted Indie Awards — Nonfiction
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Kabul,
cAfghanistan,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
