Duty Of Care

Duty Of Care
Deborah Wylie
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Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 224pg
19 Jul 2021 NZ
Locally sourced in NZ eta 7-15 days
9780473570101
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This is the story of a New Zealander living in Australia, who died in 2004, and whose body was left in the Glebe Morgue in Sydney for eight months unclaimed before being buried in a mass grave for five years. His next of kin was not informed of his death. Neither were New Zealand representatives in Australia. The family suffered five years of torment while they lobbied to bring Paul Tait home. With the Australian Government ducking responsibility, Paul's sister Deborah Wylie went looking for someone in the New Zealand Government who'd be outraged by the disposal of a deceased New Zealander abroad in contravention of international law. But she found no one brave enough to take on the Australians except for one opposition member of parliament. Wylie wrote Duty of Care to tell the story of what her family endured, and to support her demand for an apology from the Australian Government and an acknowledgement from the New Zealand Government of the part they played in the debacle.
"The first thing about her short stories is that they immediately take you into their closely observed world of good, decent New Zealanders going about their emotional lives in chaos. The second thing is their wit. Everything she writes is an instant delight. " Steve Braunias; "I read Elizabeth Smither because she writes about wonderfully smart and complex women, offering sensitive insight into their domestic lives and relationships. " Louise O' Brien on Elizabeth Smither, Acadamy of New Zealand Literature
Elizabeth Smither has published six collections of short stories, six novels, eighteen collections of poetry, as well as journals and memoirs. She was poet laureate (2001-03) and was awarded an Hon. D Litt by Auckland University in 2004 and the Prime Minister' s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2008. Her latest poetry collection, Night Horse, won the Ockham NZ Book Award for poetry in 2018.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780473570101
Published: 19 Jul 2021
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Quentin Wilson Publishing
Publisher: Quentin Wilson Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 15mm
Pages: 224

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