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Greg Hardy's avatar

No comment of mine could do this essay justice. Beautiful.

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Chris Greenwood's avatar

Gideon, how lucky is both Jaz and your precious mum to have a son with a gift to express the notion that families should care and look out for each other ... just maybe that love and care will lessen the chance of bad things happening.

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Jan Gross's avatar

Thank you Gideon- all I can say is that my younger son attempted suicide & thank God changed his mind at the last minute

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Gideon Haigh's avatar

Thank God indeed, Jan.

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Sally Cowling's avatar

Struggling to find words, Gideon. Perhaps I’m just grateful that you and Kerry O’Brien had the courage to write and/or speak of the grief and abiding loss experienced when a brother dies far too young.

I know My Brother Jaz was not written to guide others and imagine you’d be horrified if a Haigh book was placed anywhere near the ‘self help’ section of your local book store. Still, your writing helped me understand the sometimes daft, always driven behaviour of a 15 year old who had survived.

It will give me something to ponder on long walks in the Usman 232 t-shirt in olive green.

Many thanks, Sal

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Tony Neilson's avatar

Beautiful.

Thank you for sharing Jaz with us again.

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Tim Rogers's avatar

.."the cant of her head". Oh Haigh...you've done it again. And again. And.... Onward. x

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Elizabeth O’Hare's avatar

Beautifully written. Ty

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Paul O'Gorman's avatar

Hi Gideon.

As always your writing moves me beyond words (pardon the pun!).

I loved your book, love all the cricket and other topics you write about, but most of all I hope the clouds that clearly still surround you about Jaz, can settle with time.

Keep up your great work

Gideon.

Cheers

Paul

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Tony Smeaton's avatar

Gideon love your musings on cricket and your ability to go beyond the surface to describe the history, deeper meaning and emotion of the game. Thank you for sharing this very personal piece and again for your ability to articulate the impact of such a tragic event.

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Phil O'Reardon's avatar

I've read the book and now read this....my first read as a full subscriber....I think I made the right decision. Thanks for sharing.

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Paul Wappett's avatar

I fear it was a mistake for me to read this while riding a tram just now, Gideon. I so loved the book when I read it, and I love this introduction of it just that little bit more.

I can only imagine the attendees left that night in Albury feeling they had witnessed something of significance and beauty. I’m a little jealous of them.

Thank you.

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