Big news this week: Eliza and her family will stay in Australia permanently. They won't return to Lebanon.
Eliza's thrilled to be home and looking forward to resuming her journalism work.
Her husband Adam has been offered a new job at the ABC TV current affairs program "4 Corners".
The decision to leave Lebanon was bittersweet. Eliza and her family loved Beirut and particularly miss their nanny, Sunny, who remains in the city.
Also this week, Geraldine interviews Elizabeth Gilbert.
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Martin Patience on the Ethiopian woman being dropped at the embassy https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-53031803/ethiopian-maids-dumped-outside-beirut-embassy
Geraldine Doogue interviews Elizabeth Gilbert https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/specialbroadcasts/big-weekend-of-books-elizabeth-gilbert-geraldine-doogue/12308398
City of Girls – Elizabeth Gilbert https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51918871-city-of-girls
Richard Fidler interviews Philippe Sands on ABC Conversations https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/phillipe-sands-2020/12358098
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