Holding Space
Gina Strauss
For many years, Gina Strauss walked through the doors of hospitals across Sydney, never knowing what the day would ask of her. Across public and private hospitals, she worked in general medical, surgical, mental health and addiction wards, postnatal units, neurological wards, aged care and Intensive Care. In a single hour, she might witness a patient’s final breaths and hear a newborn’s first cry, moments that captured the intensity, unpredictability and deep humanity of hospital life.
Holding Space is a moving collection of narratives about life, death, illness and care. Through stories of patients and families from diverse backgrounds, Gina illuminates the quiet courage involved in advocacy, compassion and presence. She reflects on complex ethical and emotional terrain, including voluntary assisted dying, end-of-life care, dementia, addiction and mental health crises.
- Release
- Feb-2027
- ISBN
- 9781764646550
Gina Strauss
Gina Strauss is a Sydney-based writer and social worker whose work is grounded in presence, compassion, and care. Through her practice and storytelling, she explores what it means to sit alongside others in life’s most vulnerable moments.
Bakers Lane Books
Founded in 2025, Bakers Lane Books is an independent publisher of quality Australian fiction and non-fiction.
