Care Factor Zero (13 page)
Authors: Margaret Clark
‘You’re
my
daughter. You won’t jump, will you?’
She did.
If you have a friend who needs help or if this book has raised feelings and thoughts of your own which you’d like to discuss, these people will listen:
Australia Wide:
Lifeline (24 hours) | 13 1114 |
Kids Help Line (24 hours) | 1800 551 800 |
Domestic Violence Hotline | 1800 656 463 |
Child Protection & Family Crisis Service | 1800 066 777 |
NSW
Salvo Youthline (24 hours) | (02) 9360 3000 |
Telefriend (24 hours) | (02) 9419 8622 |
Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service | (02) 9207 2888 |
Aboriginal Counselling Service | (02) 13 2055 |
VIC
Action Centre | (03) 9654 4766 |
QLD
Crisis Care | (07) 3235 9999 |
Salvo Careline | (07) 3221 1233 |
SA
Crisis Care Unit | 131 611 |
Child Support Action Group (24 hours) | (08) 8341 1225 |
WA
Samaritans Youthline | 1800 198 313 |
These are just a few suggestions and there are many other possibilities. If you don’t find the help you need, keep asking.
Margaret Clark is best known as one of Australia’s funniest writers for humorous books such as
The Big Chocolate Bar, Fat Chance, Hold My Hand-or Else!
and
Living With Leanne
.
Her full time work in an alcohol and drug centre brought her into constant contact with homeless and at risk young people. Saddened by her experiences, she felt compelled to write
Back on Track
to reveal the plight of these young Australians and to set the record straight. This is how it is: what does the future hold for them?
Nowadays, Margaret is a full time writer but her concern for and understanding of today’s youth reaches a new high in
Care Factor Zero
.
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Version 1.0
Care Factor Zero
9781742746890
Copyright © Margaret Clark 1997
The moral right of the author has been asserted.
A Random House Australia book
Published by Random House Australia Pty Ltd
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First published in 1997
Reprinted 1997, 2007
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry
Clark, M.D. (Margaret Dianne), 1943—.
Care factor zero.
ISBN 978 0 09 183304 6
ISBN 0 09 183304 3
A823.3
Cover photograph and author photograph by Reece Scannell.
