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Ash Wednesdays

An Autoethnography of (Not) Counselling

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Contemporary British Autoethnography

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You walk off the suburban street, its tarmac ravaged by potholes, come to the front door and ring the bell. Hear its echo. Without waiting you walk left, to the path down the side of the house, through the gate propped open by a white stone, and between the red brick walls of his house and the neighbours.

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Wyatt, J. (2013). Ash Wednesdays. In: Short, N.P., Turner, L., Grant, A. (eds) Contemporary British Autoethnography. Studies in Professional Life and Work. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-410-9_8

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