THE GLASS HOUSE
Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, Hachette, $32.99
Buist is Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. In 30 years of clinical practice she’s seen ‘isms’ come and go, fashions in treatment, fashions in training, and fashions in patient behaviour. Her novel is a racy, pacy ride through heartbreak and the occasional breathtaking miracle that happens when a good team subsume doctrinal differences and push hard.
It is a soap. Dr Hannah Wright is a registrar hoping to complete her qualifications as a psychiatrist. Professor Gordon is the Big Man, capable of being spiteful on occasion. Elena, a therapist, is too narrowly focused. Nicole, the new director, is interested – too much so for Nash, Hannah’s boss, who likes a free hand. Alex, a first-year trainee with a Freudian approach, is
