Released: 26th April 2017
Published by: Allen and Unwin
Genre: Popular Fiction
Source: Publisher
Pages: 320
RRP: $29.99
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Life can be tricky when you're a girl in between relationships, careers and cities… and sometimes you have to face some uncomfortable truths. The sparkling debut from comic TV and radio presenter, Anna Daniels.
Lucy Crighton has just moved in with some gregarious housemates called Brian and Denise… who are her parents. She's also the proud mother of Glenda, her beloved 10-year-old… kelpie. And she has absolutely no interest in the dashing son of her parents' new next-door neighbour… well, maybe just a little.
When you're the girl in between relationships, careers and cities, you sometimes have to face some uncomfortable truths… like your Mum's obsession with Cher, your father's unsolicited advice, and the fact there's probably more cash on the floor of your parents' car than in your own bank account.
Thank goodness Lucy's crazy but wonderful best friend, Rosie, is around to cushion reality, with wild nights at the local Whipcrack hotel, escapades in Japanese mud baths, and double dating under the Christmas lights in London. But will Lucy work out what she really wants to do in life and who she wants to share it with?
Anna Daniels is a natural-born comedian. She originally set out to write a screenplay that was part Muriel’s Wedding, part The Castle. Instead, she wrote Girl In Between, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Vogel’s Award. She says ‘I’ve always loved comedy which not only makes you laugh but also pulls at your heartstrings. I think a lot of people may be able to relate to Lucy’s story!’
Girl in Between is a warm, upbeat and often hilarious story about life at the crossroads. Featuring an endearing and irrepressible cast of characters, it will have you chuckling from start to finish.
Lucy Crighton has just moved in with some gregarious housemates called Brian and Denise… who are her parents. She's also the proud mother of Glenda, her beloved 10-year-old… kelpie. And she has absolutely no interest in the dashing son of her parents' new next-door neighbour… well, maybe just a little.
When you're the girl in between relationships, careers and cities, you sometimes have to face some uncomfortable truths… like your Mum's obsession with Cher, your father's unsolicited advice, and the fact there's probably more cash on the floor of your parents' car than in your own bank account.
Thank goodness Lucy's crazy but wonderful best friend, Rosie, is around to cushion reality, with wild nights at the local Whipcrack hotel, escapades in Japanese mud baths, and double dating under the Christmas lights in London. But will Lucy work out what she really wants to do in life and who she wants to share it with?
Anna Daniels is a natural-born comedian. She originally set out to write a screenplay that was part Muriel’s Wedding, part The Castle. Instead, she wrote Girl In Between, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Vogel’s Award. She says ‘I’ve always loved comedy which not only makes you laugh but also pulls at your heartstrings. I think a lot of people may be able to relate to Lucy’s story!’
Girl in Between is a warm, upbeat and often hilarious story about life at the crossroads. Featuring an endearing and irrepressible cast of characters, it will have you chuckling from start to finish.
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Guest Post from Anna Daniels
Girl in Between…A Coming of Age Book in your Thirties!
Recently, I was asked to compile a list of my favourite
Aussie authors, and once I got started, I realised how many Aussie books I just
adored!
This is the list I came up with…
-My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin – that classic
ferocious and fiery coming of age story.
-Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta – even picking
that book up now, in my thirties, I still feel like it hasn’t dated.
-Between a Wolf and a Dog – such a beautifully written and
evocative novel by the late Georgia Blain.
-The Sound of One Hand Clapping and Gould’s Book of Fish by
Richard Flanagan
-Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
-The Solid Mandala by Patrick White
-Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy – a beautiful coming of age
story.
-The gritty Praise and 1988 by Andrew McGahan
-And the comedy classics, Zigzag Street by Nick Earls, The
Girl Most Likely by Rebecca Sparrow and The Family Law by Benjamin Law.
It was only when I’d reflected back on my list, that I
realised a major theme was coming through…that of the ‘coming of age!’
And then, it occurred to me with a start that I’d actually
written a ‘coming of age’ book of sorts, with Girl in Between!
Girl in Between captures life at the crossroads in your
thirties, and even though we generally associate the coming of age genre with
YA, I believe perhaps at different stages of our lives we’re always coming of
age!
The protagonists, Lucy Crighton, and her best friend, Rosie,
are on a quest to sort out and make sense of their lives in their early
thirties. They’ve landed squarely in their third decade and aren’t quite sure
how they got there!
We, as readers, follow their journey, with all their tumbles
and triumphs! And do they come of age?
Well, permit me to be coy and say you’ll have to find out!
Best wishes,
Anna x
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