“She writes from her wealth of personal experience and with extraordinary courage.”

Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE

“Mother Killed! Baby Lives in Freak Accident! Oxford Times 20 February 1962.“

“The newspaper was wrong. I was that young woman”, writes Renée Goossens, an extraordinary woman who has suffered both physical and emotional pain throughout her life.

This book will change how you understand and cope with pain. It took Renée five and a half years of research and forty-five years of living it. Renée shares not only her own coping strategies, but those of over one hundred families she has interviewed in England, France and Australia. Pain Management also includes the advice of medical practitioners and complementary therapists.

“There is no family anywhere in the world who has not experienced pain, be it physical, emotional or in the form of grieving for a loved one,” writes Renée.

ORDER & PAYMENT DETAILS

Pain Management $25.00 plus ($8.00 postage)
paperback, 240 pages, ISBN 978 1 921295 09 6

Secure payment via PayPal (Please email me for details)
or
Send cheque – with return postal address and book title you wish to order, payable to
“Renee Goossens”
c/-37/34 Penshurst Street
Willoughby NSW 2068

EMAIL ENQUIRIES

If you have any enquiries on any of the above, please click here to email me.

 __________________________________________________________________________________

“In this book… sadness and joy dance a pas de deux that brings tears to the eyes and solace to the soul. It shows how indomitable the human spirit can be”.

Fred Blanks
Sydney Morning Herald

Belonging is the extremely moving autobiography by Renée Goossens. It’s a gripping story of a child who later, as a young woman struggled to find a life and identity of her own.

The father she adored, who instilled her with a great love of music, became a legendary figure in Australia’s cultural life. Sir Eugene Goossens was the Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His influence led to the construction of one of Australia’s most treasured icons – the Sydney Opera House.

At 21, a serious motor vehicle accident kept Renée in hospital in Oxford for nearly two years, depriving her of her husband and baby. Sir Eugene Goossens died when she was in hospital and she only heard the devastating news through radio earphones whilst in  intensive care. When Renée was finally able to leave hospital, her life changed forever but she managed to fulfill her dream of learning to walk again and bringing her son to Sydney.

ORDER & PAYMENT DETAILS

Belonging $25.00 (plus $ 8.00 postage)

paperback, 272 pages, ISBN 978-0-646-50238-0

Secure payment via PayPal (Please email me for details)
or
Send cheque – with return postal address and book title you wish to order, payable to
“Renee Goossens”
c/-37/34 Penshurst Street
Willoughby NSW 2068

 —————————-

Special Offer  – Save 20%!

Both books can be purchased for $40.00 (plus $8.00 postage) when ordered together.

PAYMENT DETAILS

1. Secure payment via PayPal (Please email me for details) or

2. Send cheque – with return postal address and book title you wish to order
Please make all cheques payable to
Renee Goossens
c/-37/34 Penshurst Street
Willoughby NSW 2068

—————————-

John Quintner, MB BS FFPMANZCA.

Consultant Physician in Rheumatology and Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine Unit, Fremantle Hospital, WA