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Don't Look Away

By: Danielle Laidley, Konrad Marshall - contributor
Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
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Publisher's Summary

'It's an inspiring, disarming, and deeply moving book, and it deserves to be widely read.' Craig Silvey

Now a Stan Original Documentary.

Fearless. Tough. Uncompromising.

This was the persona of former elite footballer and senior AFL coach Danielle Laidley.

Fearful. Vulnerable. Uncertain.

This is how Danielle felt for most of her life.

For the best part of five decades, within a hyper-masculine sporting environment, Danielle Laidley harboured a secret. As a boy growing up in the backblocks of Perth, as a teenager and young man playing AFL, as a married father of three, she knew she was female, regardless of the gender she was assigned at birth.

For years Danielle lived a compartmentalised life, managing her secret first with a relentless quest for sporting success and workaholism, and eventually with substances that dulled the pain. She covertly experimented with her transgender life but eventually rumours began to circulate. The walls started closing in. Then there was nowhere to hide.

This is an unflinching account of what it's like to know you don't fit the body you were born into, and the desperate measures taken to mask the fear of being outed, of losing those you love. It's also an uncensored behind-the-scenes look at elite football from the perspective of player and coach, where Danielle is both participant in and analytical observer of her double life.

It's about the courage it takes to step into the world as Danielle May.

©2023 Danielle Laidley and Konrad Marshall (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

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Brilliant

What an amazing journey. Danielle Laidley has travelled a long road to get to where she is now. Thank you for sharing your journey with us Danielle. I’m glad you’re still here too.

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Raw, compelling, transformative

Danielle speaks from the heart - no holes barred. It’s hard to hear at times; and it seems inconceivable that in this ‘enlightened age,’ we are still so dim. Thanks for your vulnerability Danielle, and your narrator - Rebecca Macauley truly captured your heart and your message. You finish by saying how grateful you are to so many others… I want to say how grateful I am for opening my eyes and allowing us in! You should be deservedly proud. 🙏🏼

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Tracey

Such a fabulous story. I laughed and I cried. Although I wasn’t sure why the narrator spoke in a hushed tone

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Out and proud

Thanks for sharing your amazing story
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger and you deserve to be your authentic self 👍

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Bloody awesome 🤩

Bloody awesome book.
Pulls at the heartstrings.
Tells it as it is pulls, no punches

Go Dannii’s

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OMG

Brilliant!!! Congratulations to Rebecca Macauley on amazing narration.
Just keep walking Danielle.
Highly recommend this book.

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Brave and thought-provoking

An inspiring and challenging journey that reveals the costs impacts of hiding, what it takes to be honest and live your truth, the ups and downs, and ultimately the freedoms and joy of following your path. Raw and tough going at times but that was Danielle's experience and anything less would have been dishonest. Excellent narration.

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