Cynthia Banham Cynthia Banham i(A83588 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Journalist.

In 2018, Banham published a memoir partly based on her survival of the crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 in Yogyakarta in 2007.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2021 recipient Varuna Fellowships Writer’s Space Fellowship Online Fellowship for Bergamot Grove.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon A Certain Light : A Memoir of Family, Loss and Hope Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2018 12581695 2018 single work autobiography

''Life is not defined by the bad things that happen to us. It certainly isn't for me.' Written for her young son so that he would know what had happened to his mother, Cynthia Banham's inspiring family memoir uncovers a true picture of what survival means: 'This book tells a story that I tried to write many times before, but couldn't. For a long time, it was too painful to tell. It is also one I hadn't known how to tell. It had to be more than a story about surviving a plane crash, a random event without intrinsic meaning.'

'Unable till now to write her own story, Cynthia found that the lives of her Italian grandfather, Alfredo, and his intriguing older sister, Amelia, resonated with her own. Discovering their sacrifice, joy, fear and love, from Trieste to Germany and America, and finally to Australia, their stories mirror and illuminate Cynthia's own determination and courage in the face of overwhelming adversity. From a remarkable writer, and told with unflinching honesty and compassion, A Certain Light speaks to the heart of what really matters in life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction
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