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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Hope
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'After tragedy, how do we find hope? A memoir about what it takes to get through the very worst of times from Rosie Batty - a singular woman who has experienced tragedy, who had lost all hope, yet now is intent on finding it again.

'On a warm summer's evening in February 2014, eleven-year-old Luke Batty was killed by his father at cricket practice. It was a horrific act of family violence that shocked Australia.

'The next morning, his mother Rosie bravely stood before the media. Her powerful and gut-wrenching words about family violence galvanised the nation and catapulted her into the spotlight. From that day on, Rosie Batty campaigned tirelessly to protect women and children, winning hearts and minds with her courage and compassion, singlehandedly changing the conversation around domestic violence in this country. Rosie's remarkable efforts were recognised when she became the 2015 Australian of the Year and a year later she was named one of the World's Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine. However, behind Rosie's steely public resolve and seemingly unbreakable spirit, she was a mum grieving the loss of her adored son.

'What happens when you become an accidental hero? What happens the day after the worst day of your life? What happens when you are forced to confront the emptiness and silence of a house that once buzzed with the energy of a teenage son?

'You go to dark places from which you're not sure you'll ever recover.

'Following on from her runaway best-seller A Mother's Story, which detailed the lead up to her son's murder, Hope shares what happened to Rosie the day after the worst day of her life and how she reclaimed hope when all hope was lost. She shares her struggles with anxiety, PTSD, self-doubt and self-loathing and how she finally confronted her grief. She shares the stories of those who have inspired her to keep going, and given her hope when she needed it most. In this heartfelt, and at times heartbreaking memoir, Rosie tells how she found the light on her darkest days and how she found hope to carry on.' (Publication summary)

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Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

‘Stop Talking and Start Doing.’ Rosie Batty on Trolls, Accidental Advocacy and Treating Domestic Violence for What It Is: Terrorism Kate Cantrell , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 April 2024;

— Review of Hope Rosie Batty , 2024 single work autobiography

'It is ten years since Rosie Batty’s 11-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father during cricket practice. Last week, amid a national crisis of violence against women, Batty reiterated her plea for family violence to be called what it is: intimate terrorism.' (Introduction)

‘Candid’, ‘Remarkable’, ‘Beguiling’ : The Best Australian Books Out in April Steph Harmon , Catriona Menzies-Pike , Celina Ribeiro , Walter Marsh , Paul Daley , Sian Cain , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 April 2024;

— Review of Black Duck : A Year at Yumburra Bruce Pascoe , Lyn Harwood , 2024 single work autobiography ; Hope Rosie Batty , 2024 single work autobiography ; The End of the Morning Charmian Clift , 2024 single work novel ; The White Cockatoo Flowers : Stories Yu Ouyang , 2024 selected work short story ; The Work Bri Lee , 2024 single work novel
‘Candid’, ‘Remarkable’, ‘Beguiling’ : The Best Australian Books Out in April Steph Harmon , Catriona Menzies-Pike , Celina Ribeiro , Walter Marsh , Paul Daley , Sian Cain , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 April 2024;

— Review of Black Duck : A Year at Yumburra Bruce Pascoe , Lyn Harwood , 2024 single work autobiography ; Hope Rosie Batty , 2024 single work autobiography ; The End of the Morning Charmian Clift , 2024 single work novel ; The White Cockatoo Flowers : Stories Yu Ouyang , 2024 selected work short story ; The Work Bri Lee , 2024 single work novel
‘Stop Talking and Start Doing.’ Rosie Batty on Trolls, Accidental Advocacy and Treating Domestic Violence for What It Is: Terrorism Kate Cantrell , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 April 2024;

— Review of Hope Rosie Batty , 2024 single work autobiography

'It is ten years since Rosie Batty’s 11-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father during cricket practice. Last week, amid a national crisis of violence against women, Batty reiterated her plea for family violence to be called what it is: intimate terrorism.' (Introduction)

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