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Anna Johnston is a former baby, aspiring octogenarian and emerging Australian author with a love for the heartfelt and hilarious. She grew up in country Victoria before moving to Melbourne where she lives joyously with her husband and daughters by the beach. Anna left an imminent career in medicine to follow her heart into her grandfather’s nursing home where she became the social support coordinator, taking great delight in shaking up the usual program. When injury left her unable to continue working in aged care, she began to write about it, channelling her love for older people onto the page. Anna has enjoyed a lifelong passion for theatre, screenplay, travel, and creative ageing.

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	The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife 4.30 avg rating — 50,553 ratings — published 2024 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My dad was a wonderful doctor and I always aspired to be like him. Yet when I was nearing the end of medical school I began to discover that my true fulfilment lay in aged care.

After my grandfather and best friend Fred was diagnosed with dementia, I followed my heart into his nursing home, where I became the social support coordinator so we could spend more time together. It was a joy to eat lunc Read more of this blog post »

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Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

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“You’ll never regret being kind even when people aren’t kind to you.”
― Anna Johnston, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

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“Well, I guess you can’t always rely on feeling in love. That comes and goes. It’s a decision, too, you know. You have to look after it. The more you can make the other person feel loved, fill their tank as it were, the more they have in their reserve to make you feel loved.”
― Anna Johnston, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

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“Mum had always told her that forgiveness had to be complete: “You can remember, but you can’t forgive halfway, Hannah darling.”
― Anna Johnston, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

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