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By: Jana Wendt

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Paperback | 30 March 2010 | Edition Number 1

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242 Pages

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2 x 15.7 x 23.3

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Jana Wendt, one of Australia's most experienced journalists, sets out to discover what drives us in the work we do.

"We spend forty hours, on average, each week in a place that is not our home, in the company of strangers. Odd then, that the details of what we do all that time often remain unknown, even to those closest to us."

This is a fascinating and engaging series of pen portraits of ordinary Australians, part memoir, part journalism, it makes for engrossing reading.

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Jana Wendt, one of Australia's most experienced journalists, sets out to discover what drives us in the work we do. She follows a compelling group of people, from a boxer set for a comeback to a maverick priest, and a CEO whose company is mired in scandal to a forensic anthropologist investigating murder. Wendt witnesses the successes and frustrations, the body-blows and moments of joy experienced by people who consider what they do as the great passion of their lives.

The result is a wonderfully observed and entertaining portrait of modern work.

Author Information:

Jana Wendt was born in Melbourne in 1956 and began her career as a researcher for the ABC before becoming a reporter for Channel 10. She was the youngest ever, and first female, reporter on 60 Minutes, before moving to host A Current Affair in 1988. Jana returned to 60 Minutes in 1994 and became a contributing correspondent to the American edition of the show. Jana has also hosted the Seven Network's Witness and Nine Network's Sunday. During her career, Jana has been the recipient of a number of awards, including the Gold Logie and Penguin award for Best Current Affairs Presenter.

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