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'In this wise and layered book, Leigh talks intimately with people who’ve faced the unimaginable, from terrorism to natural disaster to simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Expecting broken lives, she instead finds strength, hope, even humour. Leigh brilliantly condenses the cutting-edge research on the way the human brain processes fear and grief, and poses the questions we too often ignore out of awkwardness. Along the way, she offers an unguarded account of her own challenges and what she’s learned about coping with life’s unexpected blows.
'Warm, candid and empathetic, this book is about what happens when ordinary people, on ordinary days, are forced to suddenly find the resilience most of us don’t know we have.' (Publisher's website)
Notes
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Author's note:
In Memory of Joseph Raymond Dale Sales
1948-2018
The very best of dads.
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Blood and Bone
2023
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— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 82 no. 1 2023; (p. 54) -
Journalist Learns the Power of Accompanying
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 21 April vol. 29 no. 8 2019;'At Adelaide Writers' Week in March, journalist George Megalogenis asked Leigh Sales who had surprised her most in the research for her book Any Ordinary Day. She replied: 'Steve Sinn, the priest. Because I'm not religious myself and I felt like we were going to have nothing in common and his way of looking at the world wouldn't make sense to me ...'' (Article summary)
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Leigh Sales, Ordinary Days and Crafting Empathy ‘Between the Lines’
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 May 2019;'Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen.'
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Leigh Sales : Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life.
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2018;'The striking feature of this book is how much of herself Sales reveals as she takes a close look at a number of people blindsided by the ‘poison darts of fate’.' (Introduction)
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Blindsided
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 405 2018; (p. 11, 13)'Any Ordinary Day, Leigh Sales’s investigative report from the coalface of tragedy and resilience, is based on solid research and lengthy interviews. Sales, who wants to know the secrets of surviving outrageous fortune, has the journalistic chops to take on the quest. ‘I rely on a particular skill set … I know how to craft a line of questioning,’ she writes early in her new book. Readers familiar with Sales’s on-camera persona as the anchor of ABC television’s The 7.30 Report will perhaps brace themselves for some field surgery as she probes the testimonies of people who have met and overcome one or more tragedies. But those readers may be surprised.' (Introduction)
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Blindsided
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 405 2018; (p. 11, 13)'Any Ordinary Day, Leigh Sales’s investigative report from the coalface of tragedy and resilience, is based on solid research and lengthy interviews. Sales, who wants to know the secrets of surviving outrageous fortune, has the journalistic chops to take on the quest. ‘I rely on a particular skill set … I know how to craft a line of questioning,’ she writes early in her new book. Readers familiar with Sales’s on-camera persona as the anchor of ABC television’s The 7.30 Report will perhaps brace themselves for some field surgery as she probes the testimonies of people who have met and overcome one or more tragedies. But those readers may be surprised.' (Introduction)
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Leigh Sales : Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life.
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2018;'The striking feature of this book is how much of herself Sales reveals as she takes a close look at a number of people blindsided by the ‘poison darts of fate’.' (Introduction)
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Leigh Sales, Ordinary Days and Crafting Empathy ‘Between the Lines’
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 May 2019;'Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen.'
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Journalist Learns the Power of Accompanying
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 21 April vol. 29 no. 8 2019;'At Adelaide Writers' Week in March, journalist George Megalogenis asked Leigh Sales who had surprised her most in the research for her book Any Ordinary Day. She replied: 'Steve Sinn, the priest. Because I'm not religious myself and I felt like we were going to have nothing in common and his way of looking at the world wouldn't make sense to me ...'' (Article summary)
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Blood and Bone
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 82 no. 1 2023; (p. 54)
Awards
- 2019 winner Walkley Award — Best Non-Fiction Book
- 2019 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
- 2019 shortlisted Indie Awards — Nonfiction