From Career Woman to Crippled and Beyond: A Journey of Loss, Longing, Learning and Laughter

By Anita Ibrahim and Rhonda Nay

This book takes a first-hand look at the struggles of two women working to break through the glass ceiling. But at the height of their careers, they crash due to illness. The way they initially broke through the glass ceiling and then crashed down to earth and rebuilt their identities is a good reading material for all women trying to get to the top and also those who are forced out of employment. Their reflections on what built them, sustained them through their identity crisis, and assisted them to rebuild provide essential reading for all career-minded women, their partners, and anyone interested in using life reflections to stay afloat.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: May 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543401318

Anita Ibrahim

Rhonda Nay was expelled from school at 13 and commenced her nursing career in 1969 after various other jobs. She rose to Professor of Interdisciplinary Aged Care and then illness forced her to retire. Anita Ibrahim had to fight to get into Medicine and on the cusp of starting a SuperClinic also has to leave work due to illness.

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