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Reading by moonlight : how books saved a life

af Brenda Walker

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Winner of the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction and the 2011 Nita B Kibble Award. When Miles Franklin-shortlisted novelist Brenda walker became sick she turned to two healers- doctors and books. This is the story of how she recovered. Packing her bag for hospital after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda wondered which book to put in. As a novelist and professor of literature, her life was built around reading and writing. Books had always been her solace and sustenance, and now choosing the right one was the most important thing she could do for herself. In Reading by Moonlight, Brenda describes the five stages of her treatment and how different authors helped her through an arduous recovery. Along with insightful introductions to the work of writers like Dante, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Beckett and Dickens, Brenda show how the very process of reading - surrendering and then regathering yourself - echoes the process of healing. Reading by Moonlight guides, reassures, throws light on dark places, and finds beauty in the most fearful of illnesses. It affirms that reading can be essential to life itself. 'A work of rare richness and unending generosity of spirit - a beautiful meditation on the gift of reading death and the spirit of survival.' Alex Miller, the Age 'Brenda Walker's account of the healing power of books is a gift . . . beautifully written, heartfelt.' Susie Burge, Harper's Bazzar 'Irresistible . . . A many-layered reading experience.' West Australian 'Instructive, uplifting and palliative. And what more can one look to a book for?' James Grieve, Canberra Times… (mere)
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An accomplished writer using an easy style and great word imagery.
She uses the situations and characters in books she has read to imaginatively describe her journey through the trial of breast cancer. Detection, treatment, recovery and survival.
Her prolific consumption of books is displayed like a reading list and mini reviews, highlighting the situations and emotions she went through.
A very good book.
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  GeoffSC | Jul 25, 2020 |
The story of a woman's journey through Breast Cancer from diagnosis to recovery/remission and how she was sustained by books and reading. A very thought provoking book. ( )
  lesleynicol | Jun 15, 2012 |
Brenda Walker takes us through her diagnosis of breast cancer, the treatment she received and her recovery. Along the way she talks about particular authors and books who helped her get through her ordeal. A lovely, thoughtful book which speaks to me on a number of different levels. ( )
  PennyAnne | Aug 7, 2011 |
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When I tell myself that books can save a life, I don't mean that books can postpone death. That is the job of medicine. I mean that certain books, by showing us the inner fullness of individual life, can rescue us from a limited view of ourselves and one another. (p. 123)
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Winner of the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction and the 2011 Nita B Kibble Award. When Miles Franklin-shortlisted novelist Brenda walker became sick she turned to two healers- doctors and books. This is the story of how she recovered. Packing her bag for hospital after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda wondered which book to put in. As a novelist and professor of literature, her life was built around reading and writing. Books had always been her solace and sustenance, and now choosing the right one was the most important thing she could do for herself. In Reading by Moonlight, Brenda describes the five stages of her treatment and how different authors helped her through an arduous recovery. Along with insightful introductions to the work of writers like Dante, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Beckett and Dickens, Brenda show how the very process of reading - surrendering and then regathering yourself - echoes the process of healing. Reading by Moonlight guides, reassures, throws light on dark places, and finds beauty in the most fearful of illnesses. It affirms that reading can be essential to life itself. 'A work of rare richness and unending generosity of spirit - a beautiful meditation on the gift of reading death and the spirit of survival.' Alex Miller, the Age 'Brenda Walker's account of the healing power of books is a gift . . . beautifully written, heartfelt.' Susie Burge, Harper's Bazzar 'Irresistible . . . A many-layered reading experience.' West Australian 'Instructive, uplifting and palliative. And what more can one look to a book for?' James Grieve, Canberra Times

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