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'The Waiting Room captures the sights, sounds, accents and animosities of a country overflowing with stories.
'Dina is a family doctor living in the melting-pot city of Haifa, Israel. Born in Australia in a Jewish enclave of Melbourne to Holocaust survivors, Dina left behind a childhood marred by misery and the tragedies of the past to build a new life for herself in the Promised Land.
'After starting a family of her own, she finds her life falling apart beneath the demands of her eccentric patients, a marriage starting to fray, the ever-present threat of terrorist attack and the ghost of her mother, haunting her with memories that Dina would prefer to leave on the other side of the world.
'Leah Kaminsky plumbs the depths of her characters' memories, both the sweet and the heart-wrenching, reaching back in a single climactic day through six decades and across three continents to uncover a truth that could save Dina's sanity – and her life.' (Publication summary)
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Author's note: In memory of Anka Altman
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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y
Leah Kaminsky
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2020
19327110
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Leah Kaminsky is a physician and award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her work explores illness, medicine, science and the end of life.
'Her debut novel The Waiting Room won the Voss Literary Prize and was shortlisted for the Helen Asher Award. Her second novel, The Hollow Bones won the 2019 International Book Awards in both Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction categories and the 2019 Best Book Awards for Literary Fiction.
'We’re all Going to Die has been described as ‘a joyful book about death’. She also conceived and edited Writer MD, a collection of prominent physician-writers, and is co-author of Cracking the Code.
'She has written for the BBC, Huffington Post, Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, SBS and LitHub, amongst others.'
Source: The Garret.
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Leah Kaminsky, The Waiting Room
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 10 no. 1 2017;'Haifa, Israel, May 2001, and a heavily pregnant woman, a doctor, is at the site of a bomb blast, picking her way carefully through the dead, perhaps looking for her husband who is not answering his phone. Her attention is suddenly caught by a coloured gemstone lying amid the rubble; ‘the last thing she sees before she passes out is a mangled body lying in a heap over in one corner. Red lipstick still perfectly frames the dead woman’s lips’.' (Introduction)
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Ask the Patient
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January-February no. 378 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Review : The Waiting Room
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2015; (p. 43)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Tough Questions for a Migrant Jew
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 26-27) The Saturday Age , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel
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Leah Kaminsky : The Waiting Room
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2015;
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Skeins of the Past Shroud Migratory Journeys
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 October 2015; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Secret Son 2015 single work novel ; The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Shadows of the Shoah
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2015;
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Tough Questions for a Migrant Jew
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 26-27) The Saturday Age , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Review : The Waiting Room
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2015; (p. 43)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work novel -
Leah Kaminsky, The Waiting Room
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 10 no. 1 2017;'Haifa, Israel, May 2001, and a heavily pregnant woman, a doctor, is at the site of a bomb blast, picking her way carefully through the dead, perhaps looking for her husband who is not answering his phone. Her attention is suddenly caught by a coloured gemstone lying amid the rubble; ‘the last thing she sees before she passes out is a mangled body lying in a heap over in one corner. Red lipstick still perfectly frames the dead woman’s lips’.' (Introduction)
-
y
Leah Kaminsky
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2020
19327110
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Leah Kaminsky is a physician and award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her work explores illness, medicine, science and the end of life.
'Her debut novel The Waiting Room won the Voss Literary Prize and was shortlisted for the Helen Asher Award. Her second novel, The Hollow Bones won the 2019 International Book Awards in both Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction categories and the 2019 Best Book Awards for Literary Fiction.
'We’re all Going to Die has been described as ‘a joyful book about death’. She also conceived and edited Writer MD, a collection of prominent physician-writers, and is co-author of Cracking the Code.
'She has written for the BBC, Huffington Post, Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, SBS and LitHub, amongst others.'
Source: The Garret.
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Asher Literary Award
- 2016 winner Voss Literary Prize
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cIsrael,cMiddle East, Asia,