Doris Brett: Eating the Underworld

When Doris Brett was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, she began writing a private journal - a traveller's diary through a life threatening illness. The journal, however, rapidly grew into something much more than that. Evocatively told via three voices - the diarist, the poet, and the voice of fairytale and myth - this memoir explores the intricate dynamics of family, truth and memory. Doris Brett is a writer and clinical psychologist who lives in Melbourne.

The poems which have been included in this book have won several of Australia's most prestigious literary awards, including the 1994 Queensland Premier's poetry Prize, the 1995 Northern Territory Government Poetry Prize, the 1998 Judith Wright Poetry Prize and the 1998 Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize as well as being shortlisted for the 1996 National Book Awards for The Constellation of the Crab.

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