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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Press Escape
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'The digital revolution was one of the best things to happen to Shaun Carney because it ended his career. When he took a redundancy from his job as associate editor and political writer with The Age, he had to stop to consider whether a 55-year old man still had any value. What had he done with his life? Had he made the most of his opportunities? This is a tour through suburban Australian life, journalism, politics and the burdens of family expectations. ' (Publication summary)

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Works about this Work

Knocked Sideways by Luck Susan Lever , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2017;

— Review of Press Escape Shaun Carney , 2016 single work autobiography ; Light and Shadow : Memoirs of a Spy's Son Mark Colvin , 2016 single work autobiography ; A Führer for a Father : The Domestic Face of Colonialism Jim Davidson , 2017 single work autobiography
'Three writers explore the mixed inheritances that helped fuel their work' 
Real News Michael McGirr , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 387 2016; (p. 14)
'You can judge this memoir by its poignant cover. It shows a picture of the author taken in 1966 when he was eight or nine years old. Behind him is one of the accessories of the baby boomer period, a Volkswagen. The Beetle is parked near long grass, redolent of Melbourne’s outer suburban fringe, an area that features prominently in Shaun Carney’s account of his origins. Frankston and Carrum Downs are the heartland of this book' (Introduction)
Family Life When the News Never Waits Alan Attwood , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 5-6 November 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Press Escape Shaun Carney , 2016 single work autobiography
The Lost Boy and His Fight for Survival Clint Caward , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 November 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of Press Escape Shaun Carney , 2016 single work autobiography
The Lost Boy and His Fight for Survival Clint Caward , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 November 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of Press Escape Shaun Carney , 2016 single work autobiography
Family Life When the News Never Waits Alan Attwood , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 5-6 November 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Press Escape Shaun Carney , 2016 single work autobiography
Knocked Sideways by Luck Susan Lever , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2017;

— Review of Press Escape Shaun Carney , 2016 single work autobiography ; Light and Shadow : Memoirs of a Spy's Son Mark Colvin , 2016 single work autobiography ; A Führer for a Father : The Domestic Face of Colonialism Jim Davidson , 2017 single work autobiography
'Three writers explore the mixed inheritances that helped fuel their work' 
Real News Michael McGirr , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 387 2016; (p. 14)
'You can judge this memoir by its poignant cover. It shows a picture of the author taken in 1966 when he was eight or nine years old. Behind him is one of the accessories of the baby boomer period, a Volkswagen. The Beetle is parked near long grass, redolent of Melbourne’s outer suburban fringe, an area that features prominently in Shaun Carney’s account of his origins. Frankston and Carrum Downs are the heartland of this book' (Introduction)
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