Debra Oswald’s 'The Family Doctor' New from Allen & Unwin in 2021
Allen & Unwin are thrilled to announce that they will be publishing Debra Oswald’s remarkable new novel The Family Doctor in March 2021. This riveting moral thriller tells the story of Paula, a dedicated suburban GP who is devastated by the murder of a friend and her children by the woman’s estranged husband. Paula knows she has patients whose lives are also at risk from their violent partners, but what can she do to help them when they live in terror and the law consistently lets them down? The answer will provoke heated debate
A&U publisher Jane Palfreyman says all at Allen & Unwin were determined to acquire The Family Doctor as part of a heated auction. ‘I’ve been such an admirer of Debra’s writing for so long. She creates worlds and characters that seize your heart and your imagination from the very first page, and in The Family Doctor she has also shown herself to be a genius at generating edge-of-the-seat suspense and gripping emotional truth.
Of the new book and move to A&U, Debra said, “I’m excited Allen and Unwin have taken on my new novel and keen to get it into readers’ hands. This is a story about women’s fury, deep friendship, new love, the preciousness of life and the urge to protect vulnerable people even if that means we’re tempted to make tangled moral choices.”
About Debra Oswald
Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the creator/head writer of the first five seasons of the TV series Offspring.
Her stage plays have been performed around the world and are published by Currency Press. Gary’s House, Sweet Road and The Peach Season were all shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences – Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire.
Her television credits include Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas.
Debra has written three Aussie Bite books for kids and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers and Getting Air. Her adult novels include, Useful, published in 2015 and The Whole Bright Year, in 2018.
About Allen & Unwin
Founded in 1914 and voted "Publisher of the Year" thirteen times, A&U proudly publishes a broad range of local and international authors. Our bestselling list is full of innovative thinkers and award winners including Kitty Flanagan, Clementine Ford, Chris Hammer, Kate Morton, Jodi Picoult, Sally Rooney, Michael Connolly, Christos Tsiolkas and Charlotte Wood amongst others.
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