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'Sandy Jeffs grew up and went to school in Ballarat. She has lived with schizophrenia and all its moods for 33 years. She has published many articles and five volumes of poetry, concerned with the disparate topics of madness, domestic violence, the trials and tribulations of playing midweek ladies' tennis and the mad world in which we live - and some of these have inspired other artists to compose music, libretto and dance. Sandy has also become a community educator who speaks to school kids, university students, community groups and clinicians about what it is like to live with a mental illness. Her home, with friends human and animal, is at Christmas Hills, in the country near Melbourne, 'where it's Christmas every day'.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Schizophrenia. Type of character Primary (autobiographical). Point of view Unconfirmed.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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How We're Hooked on Hurt
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 26) -
Off the Top Shelf
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2010; (p. 24-25) The judges for the 2010 Age Book of the Year Awards provide a summary for the category for which they are responsible and comments on each shortlisted title. -
Brave Fight to Have the Last Word on the Folks Upstairs
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness 2009 single work autobiography -
Sweet Rain That Waters the Darkness
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 December 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness 2009 single work autobiography -
Non-Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 December 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness 2009 single work autobiography
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Non-Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 December 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness 2009 single work autobiography -
Sweet Rain That Waters the Darkness
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 December 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness 2009 single work autobiography -
Brave Fight to Have the Last Word on the Folks Upstairs
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness 2009 single work autobiography -
Off the Top Shelf
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2010; (p. 24-25) The judges for the 2010 Age Book of the Year Awards provide a summary for the category for which they are responsible and comments on each shortlisted title. -
How We're Hooked on Hurt
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 26)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Human Rights Awards — Literature Non-Fiction Award
- 2010 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Non-Fiction Prize
- 2010 winner SANE Book of the Year Award