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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Out of the Forest
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'For ten years a man calling himself Will Power lived in near-total isolation in northern New South Wales, foraging for food, eating bats and occasionally trading for produce.

'But who was this mysterious man who roamed the forest and knew all of its secrets and riddles? Some people thought he might be Jesus. Others feared he was a more sinister figure.

'The truth was that he was neither miraculous nor malevolent, but he was, most certainly, gifted. And when he finally emerged from the forest, emaciated and close to death, he was determined to reclaim his real name and ‘give society another chance’.

'Today, Dr Gregory Peel Smith, who left school at the age of fourteen, has a PhD and teaches in the Social Sciences at university. His profoundly touching and uplifting memoir is at once a unique insight into how far off track a life can go and powerful reminder that we can all find our way back if we pause for a moment in the heart of the forest.'

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann Australia , 2018 .
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      Extent: 304p.p.
      Reprinted: 1 Dec 2020
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      • Published 28 May 2018.

      ISBN: 9780143785286, 9780143785293
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After 25 Years of Being Homeless, I Learned There’s One Simple Thing You Can Do to Help Gregory Smith , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 June 2018;

'There are as many pathways to homelessness as there are homeless people in the world. For some, it’s a sudden freefall triggered by a lost job, a broken home life or some other seismic personal upheaval. For others the road to sleeping rough winds down a slow, steady and depressing gradient until it arrives – quite literally – at rock bottom. Tragically, some are even born into it. Many have mental illness to contend with.' (Introduction)
After 25 Years of Being Homeless, I Learned There’s One Simple Thing You Can Do to Help Gregory Smith , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 June 2018;

'There are as many pathways to homelessness as there are homeless people in the world. For some, it’s a sudden freefall triggered by a lost job, a broken home life or some other seismic personal upheaval. For others the road to sleeping rough winds down a slow, steady and depressing gradient until it arrives – quite literally – at rock bottom. Tragically, some are even born into it. Many have mental illness to contend with.' (Introduction)
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