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More than a patient’s story

Ruth M Armstrong
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03369.x
Published online: 7 December 2009

I’ve got mixed feelings about memoirs. Having cringed my way through the insipid or vitriolic ramblings of a number of previously admired politicians, actors and journalists, I’ve come to the conclusion that some people’s inner worlds are best kept that way. Nonetheless, I had high hopes as I read the blurb for well known Australian writer Gabrielle Carey’s Waiting room, and plucked it from the review pile to read over a long weekend.

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