Holden Sheppard talks to Steve Hawke about his new novel Out of Time

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Sep 02 2019 | 00:25:08

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Show Notes

Out of Time by Steve Hawke is a powerful, sometimes confronting novel and an exploration of aging and what a diagnosis, or a feared or impending diagnosis, can lead to in both the life of the sufferer and also their family and friends. In this podcast Holden Sheppard talks to the author about the many issues a diagnosis of Alzheimer's raises including a person's right to decide their own demise.

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