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‘An unclenching of the soul’: Geraldine Brooks’ raw, gentle grief memoir has helped me navigate my own mourning

On May 27 2019, acclaimed Australian writer Geraldine Brooks received a call from the emergency department of a hospital in Washington DC. Her American husband of 35 years, Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, had collapsed while in DC promoting his latest book. He was pronounced dead soon after arriving…

The Conversation · Feb 18, 2025

Geraldine Brooks: ‘I felt like I was faking my life’

The Australian Pulitizer-prize winning author on love, grief and pretending to be normal while feeling anything but

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2025

‘Pioneering’, ‘engrossing’, ‘a hymn to connection’: the best Australian books out in February

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2025