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10 May 2024

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Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 May

Unlocked reviews: New-release nonfiction

Because I Love Him
Ashlee Donohue, Magabala, May 2024, reviewed by Becca Whitehead

Because I Love Him is an intelligent and insightful reply to the question, ‘Why are you with him?’. As a society, we’re beginning to realise that it’s the wrong question... Read more

Because I'm Not Myself, You See
Ariane Beeston, Black Inc., May 2024, reviewed by Emily Westmoreland

Ariane Beeston’s debut, Because I’m Not Myself, You See, chronicles her postpartum psychosis, as a mother and clinical psychologist. The memoir weaves personal experiences with scientific evidence, and makes recommendations... Read more

Ela! Ela!
Ella Mittas, Murdoch, May 2024, reviewed by Mel Fulton

Ela! Ela! means ‘Come! Come!’, and it’s a wonderfully fitting title for this generous, delicious and personal book of Turkish-Greek recipes, photography and essays, which documents Ella Mittas’s travels to Istanbul, Alaçatı,... Read more

How to Avoid a Happy Life
Julia Lawrinson, Fremantle, May 2024, reviewed by Danielle Bagnato

How to Avoid a Happy Life is a lively memoir by Julia Lawrinson (Losing It), the author of over 15 books for young people. This memoir takes readers through a lifetime of sad and... Read more

Human?
Ziggy Ramo, Pantera, May 2024, reviewed by Eman Mourad

For those familiar with the sounds of Ziggy Ramo, Human?—while his debut book—is but the latest in a collection of revolutionary literary works by the artist. Human? is Ramo’s powerful... Read more

Love Across Class
Rose Butler & Eve Vincent, MUP, May 2024, reviewed by Nathan Smith

In Love Across Class, researchers Rose Butler and Eve Vincent seek to demystify the complex—and often obscured—role class can play in shaping romantic relationships. As class is often overlooked in social and political conversations (unlike... Read more

Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging
Cher Tan, NewSouth, May 2024, reviewed by Julia Taylor

The nine essays in this collection, Peripathetic by Melbourne-based Cher Tan, use the form’s digressive capacity well. In elastic prose informed by wide reading, Tan heads down wordy, winding rabbit... Read more

Suddenly Single at Sixty
Jo Peck, Text, May 2024, reviewed by Fay Helfenbaum

Not long after Jo Peck’s 60th birthday, her husband drops a bombshell—he’s leaving her for a (much) younger woman. She is shocked and heartbroken that the life she’d worked towards—full... Read more

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