Summary
Dean Yates was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst, though, including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami, one final incident undid him. In July 2007, two of his staff members were brutally gunned down by an American helicopter in Iraq.
What followed was an unravelling of everything Dean thought he knew of himself. His PTSD was compounded by his moral wound - the devastation of what he thought he knew of the w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761264429 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761264427 |
| Author: | Dean Yates |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 471g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 158mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘This should be a textbook for everyone working in mental health, and an inspiring read for anyone who cares about taking light into the darkness’ –Steve Biddulph, author, Raising Boys
‘Too moving for words’ Nancy Sherman, author, Afterwar
“A powerful memoir that offers fierce insight into the human condition.” – Library Journal
About The Author
Dean Yates
Dean Yates is a workplace mental health expert, public speaker, podcast host, and journalist. He is an outspoken advocate on mental health, press freedom and government accountability.
Dean worked for 26 years at Reuters, the international news agency. He was bureau chief in Iraq, responsible for 100 people, and later head of mental health strategy from 2017-2020.
Dean lives in Evandale in Tasmania with his life partner Mary Binks and their three adult children Patrick, Belle and Harry.
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