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When
SaturdayApril 5
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where
Conservatorium of Music Concert Hall
Corner Auckland and Laman St
Newcastle NSW 2300
Tickets
$33/$15 livestream+ Transaction fee
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Memorial Days: Geraldine Brooks in Conversation
On Memorial Day in the US in 2019, Geraldine Brooks received a call from a brusque resident doctor that upended her world. Her beloved husband Tony Horwitz was dead. For three years she kept sorrow at bay, publishing her award-winning book Horse, managing the bureaucracy that surrounds the death of a spouse, and supporting their two sons. Then she returned to Flinders Island, a place of meaning and mourning. In her first Newcastle Writers Festival appearance, Geraldine joins founding director Rosemarie Milsom for a heartrending conversation about her memoir, Memorial Days, and her journey towards peace.
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The Speakers
Geraldine Brooks
On Memorial Day in the US in 2019, Geraldine Brooks received a call from a brusque resident doctor that upended her world. Her beloved husband Tony Horwitz was dead. For…
Rosemarie Milsom
On Memorial Day in the US in 2019, Geraldine Brooks received a call from a brusque resident doctor that upended her world. Her beloved husband Tony Horwitz was dead. For…
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Memorial Days
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