Grace Tame’s The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner shifts expectations. It’s not a minute-to-minute backstage account of the 12 months Tame spent as Australian of the Year, or the #LetHerSpeak campaign or the March4Justice.
Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame revealed the worst advice anyone can give a trauma victim while addressing backlash she has received as an advocate.
Grace Tame revealed she coped with drugs and alcohol after being raped by her teacher at 15 in an interview for her memoir. In it she also wondered if her abuser had turned her into a psychopath .
Difficult or direct? Rude or just lacking pretence? Grace Tame talks about the events that shaped her, her upcoming memoir – and why she won’t smile on cue.