The Oasis

By the bestselling authors of The Glass House, Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, comes the second novel in the groundbreaking Menzies Mental Health seriesTrainee psychiatrist DoctorHannah Wright has only just got her head above water in the acute psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital when she's thrown into the deep end of the outpatient clinic. Keen to develop her skills in talking therapies, she finds herself up against a boss who's focused on medication and a senior colleague with a score to settle.Hannah's fellow first-years face problems of their own: on-and-off flame Alex is being bullied, Ndidi's marriage is in trouble, Jon feels isolated and Carey is concerned their autism will be a career barrier.While Hannah comes under pressure to seek therapy herself to confront a traumatic past, her patients' health issues range from OCD to ice addiction, childhood abuse to the mental impact of ageing, and from bad parenting to bad genes. They all come to the Oasis.Written with great humanity and humour, Australian psychiatrist Anne Buist and internationally bestselling author Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) welcome us into the world of mental health with compassion and insight.Praise for The Oasis'Anne Buist comes to this with real insight and wisdom'THE AUSTRALIAN'The novel poses big questions about the practice of psychiatry itself, but it's written with a healthy dose of comedy and melodrama, an inside eye on the experience of young doctors, and a compassionate lightness of touch'THE AGE'Eye-opening and absorbing, with a huge nod to the authors' prowess and empathy in the mental health sphere' HOBART MERCURY'An engrossing read'GOOD READING MAGAZINE'A grounded indictment of the mental health service in Australia'THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLYPraise for The Glass House, book one in the Menzies Mental Health series'A masterfully told, character-driven novel that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures'THE AUSTRALIAN'A deeply empathetic, humanising portrait of a mental health facility, and the souls that pass through it' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY'Stunning . . . So timely'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Absorbing'INSTYLE AUSTRALIA'A darn good read' LIVING ARTS CANBERRA'Brings alive the frontline of mental health care' PROFESSOR PATRICK MCGORRY AO, AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2010'Overflows with compassion, insight and humour' MEREDITH JAFFÉ 'Gripping, rich and insightful' ARIANE BEESTON, author of Because I'm Not Myself, You See'Anne Buist skilfully writes from her own experiences and co-author Graeme Simsion adds his inimitable Rosie Project style. An honest, sensitive look into mental health care in Australia' PROFESSOR JAYASHRI KULKARNI AM, Psychiatrist, Monash University