New Zealand Listener

Love, gradually

‘Whatever happened to Pull Yourself Together?” huffed a voice some time back, as talk turned to counselling and trauma treatment. Well, as Rick Morton’s second memoir, , indicates, sometimes the afflicted are left with precious little to start pulling

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from New Zealand Listener

New Zealand Listener3 min read
New Dawn Of The ‘Pre-dead’
The dictionary definition of retirement is to withdraw, go away, become unsociable, seek seclusion from the world. Is this how we view our later lives? Not me. This definition is as bad as “the twilight years”. Ernest Hemingway called retirement “the
New Zealand Listener8 min read
Giving All Kids A Chance
Here is something really quite charming about the Chief Children’s Commissioner, Claire Achmad: at 41, she loves “a good playground”. She is particularly fond of having a go on a flying fox, which gives rise to a happy image. You can easily imagine h
New Zealand Listener3 min read
Scream Of Consciousness
Great, the bloody lawns need mowing again. Didn’t I just do them? How many days ago was it? Seven? Six? Five? Now I remember. It was last Saturday. I was in a mad panic – how unusual – because there was a shed-load of rain on the way. I figured if I

Related Books & Audiobooks