Still Lucky

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Viking Australia
Publisher Place: Hawthorn
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 286 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: At a time when politics seems increasingly negative and our society increasingly divided, Still Lucky shows that we are more fortunate than we think, and have more in common than we know.Rebecca Huntley, one of Australias most experienced and knowledgeable social researchers, wants to break through all the noise and make you feel better about this country and the people around you. Our politicians are becoming more conservative, both in their policies and their ambitions for the country, but the Australian people almost all of us want to see real social change. We are more generous and more progressive, and more alike, than we think we are and we are better than our day-today political discourse would suggest.Huntley has spent years travelling the country, getting to know whats in our hearts and minds. Here she tackles the biggest social questions facing Australia now: Why do we fear asylum seekers Why are women still underpaid and overworked Why do we over-parent Why do we worry even though we are luckyStill Lucky is a broad-ranging, wise and compelling look at who we are now and where we are heading in the future, from someone who knows what Australians are really thinking. Review by Ilse Scheepers If youve been feeling overwhelmed by the seemingly endless examples of how the world is going to pot, may we offer Rebecca Huntleys refreshing Still Lucky to counterbalance all the doom and gloom Huntley wants to shake us out of this depressive state and remind us all that Australians are overwhelmingly a generous, progressive lot - and that while we may be seeing stark political divisions played out on the news and in our social media feeds, that there is still hope for our nation and ourselves.

ISBN: 9780670079230