At the age of 34, Donna Mulhearn had become disillusioned by her career as a journalist and political adviser and set off on a journey of self-discovery. Her book, Ordinary Courage: My journey to Baghdad as a Human Shield is her story of such a passage. Donna Mulhearn is a former journalist and political adviser. After becoming a human shield in 2003, she returned to Iraq as a humanitarian aid worker to set up a shelter for street kids and support refugee families.

She now works with young people as part of the Edmund Rice Network in Sydney and is an independent writer and speaker on non-violence, spirituality and politics.

Ordinary Courage will be launched in Melbourne by Tim Costello

Free, but please book on 9347 6633 or by email.