Jacqui Lambie comes to the Grand View to launch her novel Rebel With a Cause for a literary lunch at noon on Thursday, March 1.
Outspoken, unexpected and refreshingly honest, this is the candid memoir of Jacqui Lambie.
Lambie has always stood out from the mainstream of Australian politicians. During her time in Parliament she was the most authentic, heartfelt and unscripted voice in the Senate.
She’s been a tireless and highly effective campaigner for the things she passionately believes in, such as a better deal for our military veterans and a better system of care for those afflicted by the scourge of ice addiction.
Her memoir shows that these are real issues for her, things she's lived through and not just hot-button issues raised by focus groups.
Her autobiography is not a political book. In fact, politics barely gets a mention until the final chapters.This is the story of her life as an ordinary working class girl from Tasmania, and her journey through the army, her enforced medical retirement after 10 years following a back injury, her medical discharge, her fight to get adequate treatment and compensation from the DVA, her battles with addiction and depression, her struggles to raise two kids as a single mother, the slow rebuilding of her life that saw her determined to prevent other people experiencing the bureaucratic-inflicted torment that she was forced to survive, and her roller-coaster ride as a politician.
The subject matter is real and often raw, but Jacqui handles it with humour, honesty and dignity.
Rebel With a Cause is published by Allen and Unwin, RRP $29.99.
Cost for the lunch is $45 pp (GV members $40) which includes a two- course meal. Book on 3884 3000 or email functions@gvh.com.au.
