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by Carly Findlay ...

A forthright, honest and rousingly triumphant memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. Say hello to Carly.'In fairytales,the characters who look different are often castas the villain or monsters. It's only when they shed their unconventional skinthat they are seen as "good" or less frightening. There are very fewstories where the ... Read more

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A forthright, honest and rousingly triumphant memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. Say hello to Carly.'In fairytales,the characters who look different are often castas the villain or monsters. It's only when they shed their unconventional skinthat they are seen as "good" or less frightening. There are very fewstories where the
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Growing Up Disabled in Australia

by Carly Findlay ...

Narrated by Carly Findlay ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

My body and its place in the world seemed quite normal to me.I didn’t grow up disabled, I grew up with a problem. A problem those around me wanted to fix.We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.The diagnosis helped but it didn’t fix everything.Don’t fear the labels.One in five Australians have a disability. And disability presents itself in many ways. Yet disabled ... Read more

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My body and its place in the world seemed quite normal to me.I didn’t grow up disabled, I grew up with a problem. A problem those around me wanted to fix.We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.The diagnosis helped but it didn’t fix everything.Don’t fear the labels.One in five Australians have a disability. And disability presents itself in many ways. Yet disabled
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Say Hello

by Carly Findlay ...

Narrated by Carly Findlay ...

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7 hours 58 min

A forthright, honest and rousingly triumphant memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. Say hello to Carly.'In fairytales,the characters who look different are often castas the villain or monsters. It's only when they shed their unconventional skinthat they are seen as ""good"" or less frightening. There are very fewstories where ... Read more

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A forthright, honest and rousingly triumphant memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. Say hello to Carly.'In fairytales,the characters who look different are often castas the villain or monsters. It's only when they shed their unconventional skinthat they are seen as ""good"" or less frightening. There are very fewstories where
... Read more

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Say Hello

by Carly Findlay ...

Narrated by Carly Findlay ...

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7 hours 58 min

‘In fairy tales, the characters who look different are often cast as villains or monsters. It’s only when they shed their unconventional skin that they are seen as “good” or less frightening. There are very few stories where the character that looks different is the hero of the story ... I’ve been the hero of my story – telling it on my own terms and proud about my facial difference and disability ... Read more

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‘In fairy tales, the characters who look different are often cast as villains or monsters. It’s only when they shed their unconventional skin that they are seen as “good” or less frightening. There are very few stories where the character that looks different is the hero of the story ... I’ve been the hero of my story – telling it on my own terms and proud about my facial difference and disability
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Owning It

Our disabled childhoods in our own words

Illustrated by Sophie Kamlish ...

by Elle McNicoll, Rebekah Taussig, Nina Tame, M. Leona Godin, Christa Couture, Carly Findlay, Alex Wegman, Daniel Sluman, Ashley Harris Whaley, Jan Grue, Ilya Kaminsky, Imani Barbarin, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini, Kendra Winchester, Steven Verdile, Eugene Grant, Sora J. Kasuga, Ali Abbas, Polly Atkin, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard ...

Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand ... Read more

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Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand
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Owning It

Our disabled childhoods in our own words

by Sophie Kamlish, Christa Couture, Alex Wegman1, Ashley Harris Whaley4, Sora J. Kasuga6, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini8, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard0, Rebekah Taussig2, Kendra Winchester4, Carly Findlay6, Nina Tame8, Polly Atkin0, Elle McNicoll2, M. Leona Godin3, Daniel Sluman4, Jan Grue5, Ilya Kaminsky6, Imani Barbarin7, Steven Verdile8, Eugene Grant9, Ali Abbas0 ...

Narrated by James Catchpole, Lucy Catchpole, Jen Campbell, Christa Couture, Alex Wegman0, Ama Badu2, Ashley Harris Whaley3, Sora J. Kasuga5, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini7, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard9, Rebekah Taussig1, Kendra Winchester3, Carly Findlay5, Nina Tame7, Polly Atkin9, Fawad Afa1 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand ... Read more

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Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand
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Growing Up Disabled in Australia

Edited by Carly Findlay ...

A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives – a group whose voices are not heard often enough‘My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me. Why wouldn’t it?’‘I didn’t grow up disabled; I grew up with a problem. A problem that those around me wanted to fix.’‘We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.’‘The diagnosis helped but it ... Read more

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A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives – a group whose voices are not heard often enough‘My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me. Why wouldn’t it?’‘I didn’t grow up disabled; I grew up with a problem. A problem that those around me wanted to fix.’‘We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.’‘The diagnosis helped but it
... Read more

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Growing Up African in Australia

by Maxine Beneba Clarke ...

Narrated by Ahmed Yussuf, Candy Bowers, Faustina Agolley, Magan Magan, Manal Younus, Muma Doesa, Santilla Chingaipe, Tariro Mavondo, Thuso Lekwape, Rebekha Robertson ...

Series series Growing Up in Australia
Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

Learning to kick a football in a suburban schoolyard. Finding your feet as a young black dancer. Discovering your grandfather’s poetry. Meeting Nelson Mandela at your local church. Facing racism from those who should protect you. Dreading a visit to the hairdresser. House-hopping across the suburbs. Being too black. Not being black enough. Singing to find your soul, and then losing yourself ... Read more

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Learning to kick a football in a suburban schoolyard. Finding your feet as a young black dancer. Discovering your grandfather’s poetry. Meeting Nelson Mandela at your local church. Facing racism from those who should protect you. Dreading a visit to the hairdresser. House-hopping across the suburbs. Being too black. Not being black enough. Singing to find your soul, and then losing yourself
... Read more
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Growing Up Queer in Australia

by Benjamin Law ...

Narrated by Benjamin Law, Nayuka Gorrie, Quinn Eades, Wendy Bos ...

Unabridged

13 hours 12 min

I marked the day in my adolescent diary with a single blank page; The mantle of “queer migrant” compelled me to keep going – to go further; I never “came out” to my parents. I felt I owed them no explanation; I was thirty-eight and figured it was time to come out to her; Even now, I sometimes think that I don’t know my own desire.Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing ... Read more

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I marked the day in my adolescent diary with a single blank page; The mantle of “queer migrant” compelled me to keep going – to go further; I never “came out” to my parents. I felt I owed them no explanation; I was thirty-eight and figured it was time to come out to her; Even now, I sometimes think that I don’t know my own desire.Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing
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One Hundred Years of Dirt

by Rick Morton ...

Narrated by Rick Morton ...

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5 hours 47 min

Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you've scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a spoon and hand-me-down psychological distress. Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, ... Read more

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Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you've scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a spoon and hand-me-down psychological distress. Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate,
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Bridge of Clay

by Markus Zusak ...

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Unabridged

14 hours 44 min

**The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing."NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL****"One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into ... Read more

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**The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing."NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL****"One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into
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Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Edited by Anita Heiss ...

Childhood stories of family, country and belongingWhat is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia?This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors ... Read more

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Childhood stories of family, country and belongingWhat is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia?This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors
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