Anne Buist – författare

''A masterfully told, character-driven novel that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures'' THE AUSTRALIAN ''A deeply empathetic, humanising portrait of a mental health facility, and the souls that pass through it'' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN''S WEEKLY''Stunning . . . [A] unique novel that''s so timely'' DAILY TELEGRAPHPsychiatry registrar Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic history, thought she had seen it all in the emergency room. But that was nothing compared to the psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital. Hannah must learn on the job as she and her fellow trainees deal with the common and the bizarre, the hilarious and the tragic, the treatable and the confronting. Each day brings new patients: Chloe, who has a life-threatening eating disorder; Sian, suffering postpartum psychosis and fighting to keep her baby; and Xavier, the MP whose suicide attempt masks an explosive story. With intelligence, frankness and humour, eminent psychiatrist Anne Buist tells it like it is, while Graeme Simsion brings the light touch that made The Rosie Project an international bestseller.''Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion explore mental illness with wit and wisdom'' SUNDAY AGE ''Contains all the comforting trappings of a fast-paced medical procedural'' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD''Casts a non-judgemental but candid, informed and astute eye on the system . . . It arouses our sympathy and empathy, develops our understanding and increases our knowledge in areas long kept hidden or decreed taboo. And it''s a darn good read'' LIVING ARTS CANBERRA''A racy, pacy ride through heartbreak and the occasional breathtaking miracle'' COUNTRY STYLE''An absorbing read that you''ll want to stay up late to finish'' INSTYLE AUSTRALIA''A remarkable exposé . . . told with an engaging, light touch reminiscent of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Simsion''s The Rosie Project'' BOOKS + PUBLISHING''Highly engaging. Brings alive the frontline of mental health care'' PROFESSOR PATRICK MCGORRY AO, AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2010''Entertaining, enlightening, it embraces the complexity of what it means to be human'' MEREDITH JAFFÉ''A great read that combines laugh-out-loud moments with those that bring tears to your eyes. Anne Buist skilfully writes from her own experiences and co-author Graeme Simsion adds his inimitable Rosie Project style. An honest, sensitive look into mental health care in Australia'' PROFESSOR JAYASHRI KULKARNI AM, Psychiatrist, Monash University''Gripping, rich and insightful, and brimming with compassion. Shines a light on the grit and dedication of frontline workers, while giving a voice to everyone impacted by mental illness'' ARIANE BEESTON, author of Because I''m Not Myself, You See

By the bestselling authors of The Glass House, Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, comes the second novel in the groundbreaking Menzies Mental Health seriesTrainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright has only just got her head above water in the acute psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital when she''s thrown into the deep end of the outpatient clinic. Keen to develop her skills in talking therapies, she finds herself up against a boss who''s focused on medication and a senior colleague with a score to settle.Hannah''s fellow first-years face problems of their own: on-and-off flame Alex is being bullied, Ndidi''s marriage is in trouble, Jon feels isolated and Carey is concerned their autism will be a career barrier.While Hannah comes under pressure to seek therapy herself to confront a traumatic past, her patients'' health issues range from OCD to ice addiction, childhood abuse to the mental impact of ageing, and from bad parenting to bad genes. They all come to the Oasis.Written with great humanity and humour, Australian psychiatrist Anne Buist and internationally bestselling author Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) welcome us into the world of mental health with compassion and insight.Praise for The Oasis''Anne Buist comes to this with real insight and wisdom'' THE AUSTRALIAN''The novel poses big questions about the practice of psychiatry itself, but it''s written with a healthy dose of comedy and melodrama, an inside eye on the experience of young doctors, and a compassionate lightness of touch'' THE AGE''Eye-opening and absorbing, with a huge nod to the authors'' prowess and empathy in the mental health sphere'' HOBART MERCURY''An engrossing read'' GOOD READING MAGAZINE''A grounded indictment of the mental health service in Australia'' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN''S WEEKLYPraise for The Glass House, book one in the Menzies Mental Health series''A masterfully told, character-driven novel that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures'' THE AUSTRALIAN ''A deeply empathetic, humanising portrait of a mental health facility, and the souls that pass through it'' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN''S WEEKLY''Stunning . . . So timely'' DAILY TELEGRAPH''Absorbing'' INSTYLE AUSTRALIA''A darn good read'' LIVING ARTS CANBERRA''Brings alive the frontline of mental health care'' PROFESSOR PATRICK MCGORRY AO, AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2010 ''Overflows with compassion, insight and humour'' MEREDITH JAFFÉ ''Gripping, rich and insightful'' ARIANE BEESTON, author of Because I''m Not Myself, You See ''Anne Buist skilfully writes from her own experiences and co-author Graeme Simsion adds his inimitable Rosie Project style. An honest, sensitive look into mental health care in Australia'' PROFESSOR JAYASHRI KULKARNI AM, Psychiatrist, Monash University

A smart, funny novel of love, self-acceptance, second chances and blisters, from the author of The Rosie Project. Two misfits walk 2,000km along the Camino to find themselves and, perhaps, each other. ''Charming and absorbing'' Daily Mail''Sleepless in Seattle meets Wild . . . A beautifully crafted tale of love, self-acceptance, and blisters'' Sunday Express

Zoe, a sometime artist, is from California. Martin, an engineer, is from Yorkshire. Both have ended up in picturesque Cluny, in central France. Both are struggling to come to terms with their recent past - for Zoe, the death of her husband; for Martin, a messy divorce.

Looking to make a new start, each sets out alone to walk two thousand kilometres from Cluny to Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain, in the footsteps of pilgrims who have walked the Camino for centuries. The Camino changes you, it''s said. It''s a chance to find a new version of yourself, and a new beginning. But can these two very different people find themselves? Will they find each other?

In this smart, funny and romantic journey, Martin''s and Zoe''s stories are told in alternating chapters by husband-and-wife team Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. Two Steps Forward is a novel about renewal - physical, psychological and spiritual. It''s about the challenge of walking a long distance and of working out where you are going. And it''s about what you decide to keep, what you choose to leave behind and what you rediscover along the way.

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