TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bligh,Anna
TI  - Through the wall
SN  - 9780732299538
U1  - 324.2092 21
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Sydney, NSW
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Bligh, Anna,
KW  - Women politicians
KW  - Queensland
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Patients
KW  - Premiers
KW  - Australia
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21th century
KW  - Australian
KW  - Women Members
KW  - ALP
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Bligh, Anna
KW  - Former Premiers
N1  - Scheduled to be published April 2015; Prologue : flying into lightning -- 1. Going through the wall -- 2. Learning to surf -- 3. A bigger world -- 4. Boarding the train -- 5. Show business for ugly people -- 6. In at the deep end -- 7. Tits-up in a ditch -- 8. Parisanna -- 9. Water, water everywhere -- 10. The rule book runs out -- 11. Lost - and found -- 12. Wild, wild life
N2  - An uplifting memoir of resilience and strength from ex-Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh. Anna Bligh knows something about hard knocks and high walls. She was raised by a single mother in the working class Gold Coast, a young girl with a soon to be estranged dad who struggled with alcoholism. She spent over 17 years in the rough and tumble of the Queensland Parliament (seven of them as either Deputy Premier or Premier) and she was the first woman to be elected Premier of an Australian State in her own right. In 2011, she led Queensland through the devastation of Australia's largest natural disasters. Her Party then lost the 2012 State election and Anna stepped down to start a new life, only to find herself diagnosed with cancer. Writing with her trademark honesty, warmth and humour about the challenges that public and private life have thrown her, Anna reflects candidly - as a wife, mother, daughter, friend and political leader - on the lessons of leadership, resilience, community and family. 'It is not my bruises and scratches that I want others to see,' she writes in this inspiring, unflinching and engaging memoir about breaking through walls and overcoming obstacles, 'I want them to see the hole in the wall.'" -- Publisher's website
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