Micheline Lee

Evocative, taut and wryly funny, this stunning novel is about faith and lies, the spirit and the flesh. The Healing Party succeeds in the aim all novels share—it suggests new ways of seeing. - The Monthly Estranged from her family, Natasha is making a life for herself in Darwin when her sister calls with bad news. Their mother is ill,...

What ails the NDIS? Caring or careless? In this powerful and moving essay, Micheline Lee tells the story of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a transformative social change that ran into problems. For some users, it has been "the only lifeboat in the ocean," but for others, it has meant still more exclusion. Lee explains what happened, showing that the...