The Crash: A memoir

Author:   Sally Wenley
Publisher:   Massey University Press
ISBN:  

9781991309150


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   09 April 2026
Format:   Paperback
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The Crash: A memoir


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Author:   Sally Wenley
Publisher:   Massey University Press
Imprint:   Massey University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
ISBN:  

9781991309150


ISBN 10:   1991309155
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   09 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Prologue 9 1 Mud 11 2 Halley’s Comet 15 3 Sweet dreams 19 4 Hospital 28 5 Unit friends 35 6 Homecoming 40 7 Back to school 44 8 University 51 9 Mr Hot 71 10 Court 76 11 Auckland 82 12 Travel 86 13 Gang house 101 14 Royal family 106 15 Journalism 112 16 Pain 117 17 Robbie 123 18 Voxies 127 19 Marriage 131 20 Single mum 143 21 Bruce 149 22 Awful anniversary 159 23 Remembering 165 24 Guy 170 25 Marcus 177 26 Head injury 183 27 The folder 196 28 Cracking on 207 Acknowledgements 215 About the author 219

Reviews

‘The Crash is a vital, brave, exuberant read. They say courage is the virtue on which all the others climb, and this is a book about that.’ — JIM MORA


Author Information

Sally Wenley is an award-winning journalist. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Massey University and a diploma in broadcast journalism. She began her journalism career at Television New Zealand in Auckland, worked for a time at a magazine for doctors and then at Radio New Zealand, where she won four journalism awards for radio reporting. Sally is now a freelance journalist for both RNZ and other publications. In her spare time she enjoys hunting and fishing and volunteers to help other newly injured people who have become wheelchair users like herself. She lives in Auckland with Bruce and her teenage daughter.

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