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* Title: Fire in the Head
* Author(s) name(s): Daniel Oakman
* ISBN (or ASIN): 9781922779397
* Publisher: Melbourne Books
* Publication Date Year: 2025
* Publication Date Month: March
* Publication Date Day: 3
* Page count: 280
* Format (such as paperback, hardcover, ebook, audiobook, etc): paperback
* Description: Fire in the Head addresses a deep taboo in Australian society- the legacy of child sexual abuse and what victims must endure to bring perpetrators to justice.

Part crime drama, part coming-of-age tale, part modern psychological odyssey, Oakman's novel is a gripping, unsettling and powerful story about self-discovery, the importance of friendship and the transcendent power of words. Fire in the Head addresses a deep taboo in Australian society- the legacy of child sexual abuse and what victims must endure to bring perpetrators to justice.

In March 1999, twenty-seven-year-old James Harper, a shy public servant living in Canberra, is called to a police station to provide evidence on the suicide of his youngest sister nine years earlier. As the investigation gets underway, James confesses that he had been abused by his stepfather, Martin Jenkins, when he was a child. Could the two events be connected? But as he dives headfirst into the legal system in a quest for justice, James must face some disturbing truths about himself and the past he thought he had left behind.
* Language (for non-English books): English
* Link to book page: https://melbournebooks.com.au/product...

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