Yvonne Sanders: 5 books

When Claire checks her cell phone at the end of her shift her senses are assaulted by the message staring back at her from the tiny screen. The SMS from Dana’s school screams out her daughter’s failure to arrive for the morning roll call. It takes a moment for Claire to collect herself, stem the...

It is February 2009 - the day of the Black Saturday bush fires in country Victoria. It's early in the morning when Colleen ventures out to her verandah, preoccupied with the painful reflections on the troubled life of her young son, Guy. He's had a tough time of it, and who can blame him...

A perfect day for wake-boarding on the lake turns into a nightmare for four friends and one family when Justin miscalculates during an adventurous manoeuvre. His grief-stricken family keeps a bedside vigil, waiting anxiously for Justin to regain consciousness. His mother, who refuses to leave his...

Bridie's struggle for fulfilment is deeply entwined in the memory of her dead mother and the need to rekindle this lost relationship with her own child. But motherhood is an elusive goal for Bridie, as she navigates the emotional highs and lows of assisted reproductive technologies to conquer an infertility...

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts describes a range of successful programmes pioneered by artists, writers, nurses, musicians, therapists, social workers, and chaplains in palliative care settings. These range from simple painting and writing activities to organized communal activities like...