Event Recording: Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion Author Talk
We were thrilled to host authors Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion launch of The Oasis, the second gem in the groundbreaking Menzies Mental Health series!
ABOUT THE OASIS
From the bestselling authors of The Glass House, Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, comes the second novel in the groundbreaking Menzies Mental Health series
Trainee 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.
Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion, image credit Max Deliopoulos
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Anne Buist is chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and author of the psychological thrillers Medea’s Curse, Dangerous to Know and This I Would Kill For.
Graeme Simsion is the internationally bestselling author of The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect and The Best of Adam Sharp.
SMSA members can borrow The Oasis from our library on level 2. This book is also for sale at your local bookstore, here is a link to our friends at Abbey’s Book Shop.
We invite you to listen to this event recording using the play button located at the top of the page.
