The Other Side Of Silence: A Novel

Local Description

This is a book about many things; difficult families, grief, timing and hope—it's also very Melbourne!
—Pauline Schokman (author)

Description

A gripping, emotionally charged drama unfolding over a tumultuous week for Anna Mason, a Melbourne doctor: her newborn nephew's life hangs in the balance, her parents meet after years of rage and silence, and Anna's own heartbreak can no longer be denied.Moving, complex, but ultimately life-affirming, this book explores what happens when families are silent for generations about painful emotional truths and how lives can change when the truth is finally spoken.

Author description

Pauline Schokman was born in Sri Lanka and as a child migrated with her family to Australia in the mid-1960s. She is a general medical practitioner who practiced for more than a decade before training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, a field in which she has worked for over twenty years. She lives and practices in Melbourne.