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"Leaving Faith, Finding Meaning" is a nonfiction memoir by Lynne Renoir that recounts her harrowing experiences of abuse as a preacher's daughter in 1940s Australia. Renoir found solace in music and eventually mustered the courage to leave her oppressive home. The memoir also explores her transformative spiritual awakening at the age of 50. Despite the heartrending descriptions of her upbringing, Renoir demonstrates empathy towards her abusive father and builds a happy marriage with her husband, Andrew. The book highlights the resilience of the human spirit and offers hope that generational abuse can be overcome. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an overview of non-fiction books published in Australia between 2005-2006. The author discusses the selective nature of Australian non-fiction publishing, referring to what he calls "public opinion publishing," or the generic subject aim towards topics approved by popular culture in academic and educational literature.

Discusses the issues and interests featured in Australian non-fiction volumes released in 2003-2004. Life stories in the form of letters, diaries, biographies or autobiographies; Individual stories of resistance and the development of a new sense of identity placed in a larger historical context; Aboriginal writing; Narrative of the outback; Demand for true stories; Aboriginal identity and history; War, race, memoir, politics and literature; Notable works and their authors.

The article focuses on the rising popularity of Australian children's nonfiction literature. Nonfiction children's books have not been published as frequently in Australia as in the U.S. because of the cost needed for production. Details are given for the success of Australian nonfiction series "The Cruellest Place on Earth," "Monsters and Creatures of the Night" and "All for Love."

The article offers brief information on the spiraliser for food preparation from Zyliss, reviews the book "The Australian Women's Weekly Best Of Slow Cooking," and reviews the restaurant Noma Australia located in Australia.