Gemma Parker

About The Author

Gemma Parker is a poet and essayist, teaching creative non-fiction at Adelaide University. She has lived, worked and studied in Osaka, Paris, London and Hanoi. Find Gemma at gemma-parker.com.

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Books by Gemma Parker

The Mother Is Restless and She Doesn't Know Why

Finding Freedom in the Cage

By Gemma Parker

Crackling with intelligence and wit, a ‘shimmering’ (The Conversation) memoir about how nihilism might just get you through.

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