Wendy ParkinsWendy Parkins

Wendy Parkins is an author and professor of Victorian literature

‘Even my own skin could contaminate me’: a scholar charts her breakdown

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Every morning, so far, I’m alive: a memoir is the story of how Wendy Parkins unravelled and put herself back together, sort of. A professor of Victorian literature, Wendy Parkins whips us from Dunedin to Dover to Matakana, through three breakdowns, some extremely sub-par therapy, and a strange experience at an Auckland retreat. Tying the whole … Read more