Australian Story
Season 19 Episode 21 - Driving Miss Davis
This week the quirky, life affirming story of a young Australian from country Victoria, a car with a history, and a novel that's on its way to becoming a runaway success around the world. Seven years ago, Brooke Davis was travelling overseas when she received bad news from home. From that sad turning point, she's unexpectedly created a funny and touching book that challenges conventions around loss and grief, and advocates living life to the full - whatever your age. Brooke Davis was working part-time in a Perth bookshop when her manuscript excited the attention of a publisher. Even ahead of its release in Australia, the novel started a bidding war with sales to publishers in more than twenty countries from the USA to Portugal. Now Brooke Davis is telling her own story…
Episodes in Season 19
The Other Side
30 min
The Back of His Mind
30 min
No Half Measures
30 min
Call Me Cate
30 min
His Driving Force
30 min
An Unnatural History
30 min
The House of Tara
30 min
Out of the Box
30 min
Set in Stone
30 min
A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 1
30 min
A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 2
30 min
A Man Called Boy
30 min
A Very Good Rascal
30 min
The Edge of the Mountain
30 min
In Tracy's Corner
30 min
All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 1
30 min
All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2
30 min
Out of the Kitchen
30 min
The Last Commando , Part 1
30 min
The Last Commando , Part 2
30 min
Driving Miss Davis
30 min
Forget Me Not
30 min
Talk of the Town
30 min
The Game Changer
30 min
Leaps and Bounds
30 min
Divide and Conquer
30 min
Lock Me Away
30 min
Searching for C11
30 min
Searching for C11 (2)
30 min
Before the Storm
30 min
Out of the Shoebox
30 min
Getting the Hang of It
30 min
The Past Is a Foreign Country
30 min
The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)
30 min
The Pursuit of Happiness
30 min
I Am Jack
30 min
Vanishing Act
30 min
The Innocent
30 min
The Innocent (2)
30 min
How I Met Your Father
30 min
Just Call Me Bob
30 min
Just Call Me Bob (2)
30 min
Letter from Wooleen
30 min
