Vanessa Gorman Vanessa Gorman i(A90724 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Actor Sam Neill Shares Why He's 'not Particularly Interested' in His Cancer and Why the Thought of Retirement Is 'horrifying' Leisa Scott , Vanessa Gorman , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2023;

'Sam Neill has vineyards he's turning organic, a winery enterprise going carbon neutral, a garden he's fussing over, grandchildren to adore and an acting career that keeps delivering roles.' 

1 Jessica Watson Shares How Lessons Learnt at Sea Helped Her Navigate the Waves of Grief Over Losing Partner Susan Chenery , Vanessa Gorman , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2023;
1 Leah Purcell Weaves Her Indigenous Songlines into New Film The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson Susan Chenery , Vanessa Gorman , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2022;

'When Leah Purcell was filming the acclaimed movie Jindabyne in 2006, she would go up into the Snowy Mountains on her days off.'  (Introduction)

1 Behind the Scenes of Australian Story's Program on Actor Sam Neill Vanessa Gorman , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2020;

'I planned a breezy backstory about a gentle, warm wind of an Australian Story about beloved he-might-be-a-Kiwi-but-we-think-of-him-as-our-own actor Sam Neill.'

1 4 y separately published work icon Layla's Story Vanessa Gorman , Camberwell : Viking , 2005 Z1216395 2005 single work autobiography

'Layla’s Story is a true story of sex, love, relationships and loss.

A thirtysomething woman struggles to fit all the pieces of her life together. She wants a baby, but she also wants her brilliant career. She wants the perfect man, the prince of her childhood dreams – but she’s madly in love with the one man who’s never going to fit that mould. And then, finally, she gets the one thing she wants more than anything else. She falls pregnant…

This is Vanessa Gorman’s extraordinary account of her life before and after losing her baby daughter, Layla, only hours after birth. It is also a love story about a passionate and complicated relationship.Sometimes confronting, but always excruciatingly honest, it is a fearless exploration of desire, expectation, all-encompassing grief and the journey back to hope.

Told with humour and great warmth, this memoir is an unforgettable portrait of one woman’s fight to find meaning and rebuild her life in the face of profound grief.

Layla’s Story is a book that will strike a chord with women of all ages. Vanessa Gorman lays bare her life and explores what it means to be a woman who wants a relationship, a fulfilling career and a child.

An inspiring and deeply moving story of courage and redemption.' (Publisher's description)

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