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The Oasis

Menzies Mental Health Novel 2

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The Oasis

By: Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion
Narrated by: Edwina Wren
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Bestselling authors Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion return with eye-opening medical drama The Oasis.


Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright has only just got her head above water in the acute psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital when she's thrown into the deep end of the outpatient clinic. There, she finds herself up against a contrary boss and a senior colleague with a score to settle.

Hannah's fellow first-years face problems of their own: on-and-off flame Alex is being bullied, Ndidi's marriage is in trouble, Jon feels isolated and Carey is concerned their autism will be a career barrier.

While Hannah comes under pressure to seek therapy and confront her traumatic past, she also has to tend to her patients' health issues: from OCD to ice addiction, childhood abuse to the impact of ageing, and bad parenting to bad genes, they all have one thing in common. They come to the Oasis.

Australian psychiatrist Anne Buist and internationally bestselling author Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) welcome us into the world of mental health with compassion, insight and humour.




©2025 Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion (P)2025 Hachette Australia Audio Genre Fiction Medical Health Mental Health

Critic Reviews

'Written with a healthy dose of comedy and melodrama, an inside eye on the experience of young doctors, and a compassionate lightness of touch' THE AGE

'Eye-opening and absorbing, with a huge nod to the authors' prowess and empathy in the mental health sphere' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Anne Buist comes to this with real insight and wisdom' THE AUSTRALIAN

'A grounded indictment of the mental health service in Australia' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
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A terrific fictional book that gave really good insight into the challenges of mental health clients for psychiatrists in training. Audio book narrator is great.

Entertaining peek into psychiatrists training

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The weaving of the 3 principle stories, the personal life of the lead psyc, the story of all her work companion’s, and the many rich stories all thier patients are facing,
All collectively make for compulsive rich utterly genuine heart felt listening.

The sense of genuine characters on real life challenging journeys

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Putting yourself in the thick of difficult mental health situations doesn’t seem like a recipe for happiness, but there is so much wisdom, empathy and acceptance of people’s fallibility in this book, that I’d happily read more in this series! It’s not about happy-ever-afters, it’s about caring enough to put in the work and the Oasis staff and their colleagues do that beautifully. Thank you!

I bloody loved this!

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A very entertaining and interesting read. I looked forward to listening to to it every time.

This sequel was even better than the Glass House.

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