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Other People's Country: A Memoir; And, Developing A Trustworthy Narrator: An Essay, Maureen Helen
Other People's Country: A Memoir; And, Developing A Trustworthy Narrator: An Essay, Maureen Helen
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This thesis comprises two interrelated sections. The first section is a substantial piece of creative writing, which l have cailed 'Other People's Country: A Memoir, in the genre of travel memoir, and an essay. The memoir borrows techniques from fiction, drama and poetry to tell a story of a middle-aged, middle-class city nurse, who travels to a remote settlement at the edge of the Western Desert of Western Australia to provide health care for a fluctuating population of around 400 people, for whom English is a third or fourth language.
Writing that includes stories about vulnerable people from another culture, …