We are thrilled to announce that Allen & Unwin has secured the rights to Sonia Henry’s next book.
Following on the heels of her best-selling novel, Going Under, Sonia’s newest book is a funny, eye-opening and deeply personal memoir about her experiences working as a solo GP in remote Australia.
At nearly 35, after having her heart broken by a heart surgeon, Sonia escaped to the middle of the West Australian desert, to the land of ‘blackfella’ and ‘whitefella’, where seasons consist only of ‘wet’ and ‘dry’, where healthcare is chronically underfunded and under-resourced. Through Pilbara and the Kimberley, to Lightning Ridge and North West NSW, Sonia discovers things not only about herself, but about our land and our country, and how a healthcare system tailored for white people fails Indigenous Australians.