From love to politics, Kerryn Phelps’ memoir tells all [Video]

A brand new autobiography by Dr Kerryn Phelps recounts the struggles faced in her life of politics, marriage equality and gym aerobics. Rosemary Sorensen reviews this tell-all memoir.

READING Dr Kerryn Phelps’ Power of Balance, you might get to the end of her account of the battle for marriage equality and feel vicariously wrung out.

From the moment Phelps and her partner, Jackie Stricker, were outed in The Daily Telegraph for exchanging vows in New York, the crass, vicious, ignorant judging began for these two hardworking talented women, destroying Jackie’s teaching career and curtailing Kerryn’s media roles.

Shoved into the relentless spotlight, they chose to turn the personal damage into a public stance, becoming important role models and eloquent spokespeople as Australia made the gruelling trudge towards the ultimate success of the marriage equality campaign.

In fact, as you relive with Phelps that heady, joyous moment when the result was announced – a moment when …