Tanya Bretherton: 3 books
The Suitcase Baby
The heartbreaking true story of a shocking crime in 1920s Sydney
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 NED KELLY AWARD, DANGER PRIZE AND WAVERLEY LIBRARY NIB
True history that is both shocking and too real, this unforgettable tale moves at the pace of a great crime novel.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, 17 November 1923, a suitcase was found washed up...
Safety in Numbers
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the current...
The Suicide Bride
A mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture?
When the charlatan Alicks Sly murdered his wife, Ellie, and killed himself with a cut-throat razor in a house in Sydney's Newtown in early 1904, he set off a chain of events that could answer that question....