within the culture of romance novels, Jacqueline Fahey introduced the curtain down on the finish of her first memoir, whatever for the Birds, after her marriage to Fraser McDonald. In earlier than I overlook she maintains the tale from this happy-ever-after second, charting her existence because 1960. whereas elevating 3 daughters and plenty of canine, dealing with the deaths of her mom and dad and struggling with the politics of psychological hospitals, the expectancies on doctor's other halves and the perils of a boozy tradition, Jacqueline Fahey remained devoted to her portray lifestyles - 'the artwork global the place i may be whatever like myself'. From Porirua psychological health facility to Melbourne (where Fraser proficient as a psychiatrist), Kingseat health facility to Carrington (where Jacqueline had a run-in with Titewhai Harawira), she describes a brimming, transferring lifetime of family members, politics, beliefs and paintings. She dwells warmly on her friendships with Rita Angus and Eric McCormick and incorporates a shiny account of a visit she made in 1980 to manhattan, the place she stayed within the mythical resort Chelsea. After a few tough studying curves round the closure of Carrington, Fraser's affliction and a interval of training at Elam, Fahey strikes into city after Fraser's demise and - with attribute verve and aplomb - reveals new degree units for her lifestyles, dramas and work. From the retrieval of contraceptive tablets within the face of a raging bush fireplace to an account of a wierd come upon with a potential CIA agent on a airplane, the tales during this deliciously instructed memoir are these of a passionate nonconformist, a risk-taker, a lady for whom portray has constantly been 'a current necessity'.