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Kumi's Japanese inheritance Oct 05, 2020

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Television presenter Kumi Taguchi's story of searching for her Japanese heritage began with searching for her grandparent's house in Tokyo, which none of her relatives had visited for decades (R)

The railway child - Monica from Clare Oct 02, 2020

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Monica McInerney grew up in a family of railway children, as her Dad was the stationmaster in the tiny South Australian town of Clare. At 16, she left home to work as Humphrey B. Bear's wardrobe designer. Years later, she made a new life in Ireland and became a best-selling writer

Sick in the Land of the Well Oct 01, 2020

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Jacinta Parsons was in her 20s when she became horribly unwell with Crohn's disease, a chronic disease of the digestive system. Then, doctors gave her the news she feared most

Sophie and Russell and Bear and Poppy Sep 30, 2020

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How Sophie Townsend kept on, after losing her beloved husband to a sudden illness

Tracking the trial of a Mississippi murder Sep 29, 2020

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John Safran had a personal interest in the death of white supremacist, Richard Barrett. What he discovered when digging into the case revealed more than Barrett himself ever did (R)

A restaurant named Parwana — Afghan treasure in Adelaide Sep 28, 2020

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Durkhanai Ayubi and her family keep alive the stories and flavours they carried to Australia from Afghanistan, in the dining room of their 'accidental' and thriving restaurant

Wil Paterson aka Mr Ordinary — Not Quite What I Had Planned Sep 25, 2020

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Wil Patterson was a suburban dad who wanted all the good things in life for his family. Then he made a decision which upended everything

Helen Elliott — Not Quite What I Had Planned Sep 24, 2020

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Helen was working as a psychologist when she became so ill she was held in a locked psychiatric ward. There she was given ECT, one of the most extreme treatments for depression (R)

Zenith Virago — Not Quite What I Had Planned Sep 23, 2020

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Zenith Virago married at seventeen, and had two children. Then she left her young family to create a life of her own on the other side of the world (R)

Akmal Saleh — Not Quite What I Had Planned Sep 22, 2020

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When Akmal and his wife decided to have a treechange by moving to Byron Bay, almost immediately a comedy of errors ensued, involving a python in the roof, a half-finished home and rats in the wall (R)

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