A Real Piece of Work
A Memoir in Essays
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A Real Piece of Work
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Erin Riley
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Erin Riley
About this listen
'Language gave to me the body I knew was mine and brought into existence so many possibilities for what my gender can be.'
Across these twenty fresh and boldly intimate stories, Erin Riley writes about the things that matter most: family, heartbreak, humanity, justice and swimming, and the messy, hard graft of becoming one's authentic self.
In weaving together their everyday while questioning society and its structures, Erin gifts us stories that double as a manifesto on how to disrupt and reinvent narrative, identity, love and community.
Life is complicated, messy and - when small risks are taken - even exhilarating. In Erin's hands we fall in love, get curious and become exasperated with (and sometimes charmed by) the people in their life, emerging with new perspectives on how to be in the world.
Social worker and counsellor Erin Riley is a recipient of Penguin Random House Australia's 2021 Write It fellowship program, which aspires to find, nurture and develop unpublished writers across all genres, with a focus on underrepresented sections of our community.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-08-2023
Excellent, highly recommend
Best audiobook I've encountered in a while. Beautiful weaving of stories with more academic analysis. Left me thinking about many tender moments after I'd listened. Also inspiring me to think about ocean swimming! what a talent.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-2023
I loved this, didn't want it to end
What a sensitive, reassuring, beautiful & tender memoir, even laugh out loud at times. It's so lovingly told.
Erin speaks from & about the margins (not just the people, there's a neighbourhood cat too), shining light on systems that frame our daily lives, personal, familial & systematic.
Relatable, brave & true.
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- Julianne Chenoweth
- 18-10-2023
The best book I’ve ever read
This book is undoubtedly the best book I have ever read, I can’t wait to read it again. The slow comfort of the story telling, mixed with the emotion of the content, spoken in Erin’s calm voice…an essential read for anyone who is a lover of stories and the truth. Tens stars, I’m annoying everyone I see by talking about this too much.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-09-2023
Don’t try to define me
A heart wrenching journey through life’s and the world’s inequities and Socio-political reasons underlying these told from the perspective of a professional and personal journey negotiating and approaching rapprochement with at least some of these
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- Jonathan Alger
- 24-08-2023
queer joy and sadness.
A book for your younger self, a vision of futures worth living, Ones that didn't come from our parents, Getting older and closer to yourself, and the things that make you feel.
Vulnerable, heartbreaking, and heartwarming.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-2023
Pause for a moment and give this author your time.
These heartfelt words weave a story of becoming. of family and of identity.
Sydney’s suburbs the backdrop their story. An extraordinary piece of work.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-08-2023
Honestly can't wait to listen again
Such a beautiful and connected way of writing. Awed by the authors considered experiences.
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