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'Every year for over a decade Goldenberg, a white middle-aged doctor, has spent numerous periods working as a relieving doctor for Aboriginal communities in remote places. On these visits he has observed and recorded Aboriginal Australians' lives without resorting to simplification or glib solutions. Among his true stories we meet psychotic Elijah who believes he is Satan's boss and cannot die; a dehydrated baby whose mother gambles away money for food; an old lady who receives a gashed head while fending off a thief stealing her money - her husband. In the midst of tragedies, suffering and moral ambiguity, these stories also tell of cultural richness and common humanity.' Source: Publisher's blurb
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Epigraph: The truth is rarely pure and simple. (Oscar Wilde, Algernon to Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Ernest, Act 1)
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Dedication: To Annette
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Dedication: In memoriam Yvonne Goldenberg 17.6.1917 - 31.5.2009
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Author's note: p. 217
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Bibliography: p. 223-225.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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At the Gateway of Hope
2011
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 222-228) -
White Me
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 212-221) -
Pick of the Week
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Raft 2009 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 September 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; Raft 2009 single work autobiography -
The Doctor's Diagnosis
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Raft 2009 single work autobiography
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Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 355 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of Raft 2009 single work autobiography -
The Doctor's Diagnosis
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Raft 2009 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 September 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; Raft 2009 single work autobiography -
Pick of the Week
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Raft 2009 single work autobiography -
Journeys Give Rise to Sharing Stories on Stuff That Matters
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 August 2009; (p. 4) -
Doctor of the Outback
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 14 August vol. 75 no. 45 2009; (p. 28) -
White Me
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 212-221) -
At the Gateway of Hope
2011
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 222-228)
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