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Fury

By: Kathryn Heyman
Narrated by: Kathryn Heyman
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Summary
 A raw, painfully honest, heartbreaking account of a young woman raising herself out of abuse and poverty to become her own hero. This is the story of becoming heroic in a culture which does not see heroism in the shape of a girl.

At the age of twenty, after a traumatic sexual assault trial, writer Kathryn Heyman ran away from her life and became a deckhand on a fishing trawler in the Timor Sea.

The life she left behind was beyond broken. Coming from a family of poverty and violence, she had no real role models, no example of how to create a decent life, how to have hope, how to have expectations. But she was a reader. She understood story, and the power of naming. This was her salvation.

After one wild season on board the Ocean Thief, the only girl among tough working men, facing storms, treachery, and harder physical labour than she had ever known, Heyman was transformed, able to face the abuses that she thought had broken her, able to see 'all that she had been blind to, simply to survive'.

A reflection on the wider stories of class, and of growing up female with all its risks and rewards, a road map of recovery and transformation: Fury is a memoir of courage and determination, of fighting back and demanding to be seen.

"Utterly compelling." CARRIE TIFFANY

"White-hot." BRI LEE

"Stunning." CARO BAUM

"Confronting and compelling." DEBRA ADELAIDE

"powerful, ultimately joyous." JENNIFER BYRNE

"A personal and literary triumph." ANNA FUNDER Abuse Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Dysfunctional Families Parenting & Families Relationships Sexual Abuse & Harassment Women Survival
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What a memorable book! A story of struggle, survival, strength and triumph. The author's narration personalised the story-telling and I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended.

Compelling and remarkable

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This book is exceptional. It is a brutally honest, heart rending and incredibly courageous tale. At times I was moved to tears, at times infuriated by the injustice of it all, at times I laughed out loud. Through it all I felt bittersweet nostalgia for times long past. It is overall, an uplifting and insightful account of living through and beyond sexual assault. It’s an experience more common than it should be but not often spoken about in such an open and skilful way. It is also beautifully narrated by the author. I have no doubt I will listen to this one again. This book, like any of Heyman’s, is well worth the read.

Inspirational and entertaining - well worth the read

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Wow brilliant book and excellently read. This girls tale of survival and furious strength will resonate with many young women finding themselves.

Thoroughly good listening and heartfelt story

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