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• Nature and grief, rethinking motherhood on Life Matters (ABC)
• In The Gloss with Phoebe Burgess (Vogue)
• Recommendation: Shameless podcast (Shameless media)
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• Panel on The Drum with Ellen Fanning (ABC)
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• The question around having children: a nine month long study! (RNZ)
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• The Maternal Question (The Wheeler Centre)
• Interview: Gina Rushton on writing The Most Important Job in the World (She Defined)
• Why It's Harder Than Ever to Choose to Have Kids with Cameron Daddo and Ali Daddo (Separate Bathrooms podcast)
• When is the right time to freeze your eggs? (Harper's Bazaar Australia - syndicated to Harper's Bazaar Arabia)
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• Review: Readings
• Review: AU Review
• Review: Mums at the Table
• Review: Books + Publishing

PRAISE FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN THE WORLD

'Gina Rushton reports unflinchingly from the disjunction between received wisdoms about motherhood and received realities that continue to constrict the choices of women of her generation. A significant and vital book; a must-read' - Sarah Krasnostein, bestselling author of The Trauma Cleaner.

'A mesmerising investigation into the beauty and trauma of motherhood' - Samantha Maiden, Walkley award-winning political editor and author of Party Animals.

'I can't remember the last book that made me think so much - about all sorts of things I didn't expect. Gina Rushton is what every writer should be - both wise and curious - and when I had finished her fascinating book I saw the world in new ways' - Sean Kelly, author of The Game.

'Gina Rushton searingly describes the complex internal conflict so many young women feel: do I want kids? And what becomes of me if I do, or don't? I've not read a book that so perfectly captures how I feel as a woman in her late twenties' - Zara McDonald, host of Shameless podcast and bestselling author of The Space Between.

'The Most Important Job in the World keenly captures the rollercoaster of anxiety and hope that embodies living at this moment in history. Gina Rushton has written a book that is globally impactful and deeply personal at once, further solidifying her status as one of this country's most exciting writers. This is a generation-defining text that everyone (not only those considering parenthood) must read immediately' - Gen Fricker, comedian and podcaster.

'Gina Rushton interrogates the most personal, political and primal anxieties of our generation, and delivers a clarity so sharp, it borders on pain. But the pain is transformative when shared and given shape, and I read The Most Important Job in the World feeling nothing short of seen, consoled and grateful' - Benjamin Law, broadcaster and author of The Family Law.

'Grounded in Rushton's years of frontline reporting on reproductive access, this book reflects on both the politics and philosophies underpinning parenthood. It challenged some of my deeply ingrained presumptions about the career-family binary, and Rushton is unafraid to sit with ambivalence. Contraception, legacy, loss, climate change... it's all here. I am so glad this book exists and I am glad I read it' - Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull.