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About this book
A memoir about growing up, growing wise and stepping into the world of Dogs in Space.
Comedian and radio and TV personality Meshel Laurie was once Michelle Laurie, whose story begins in Queensland. Michelle survived her Catholic schooldays but by Year Nine had morphed into Meshel, who daydreamed of moving to Melbourneāhome of Dogs in Space and the back room of the Espy. Meshel's insider's perspective on the 1990s comedy scene is intimate and more than a little surprising. She paints a picture of a close-knit environment and tells before-they-were-famous stories about up-and-comers who are today's household names, and about the kindness of comic superstars she encountered along the way: Dave Hughes, Julia Morris, Rove, Wil Anderson, Wendy Harmer, and others. We find out about the workings of an inner-city brothel, what it's like to be "the girl on Rove" and how fence-painting can help save a life. The Fence-Painting Fortnight of Destiny is an honest and heartfelt look at life in all its messiness and unpredictability.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- MARY AND TUBBY LAURIE
- MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO SHIT BOX?
- CATHOLICISM AND THE MODERN GIRL
- PRIMARY SCHOOL/JUMPING ON THE FRENEMY ROUNDABOUT/THE RABBITS OF DOOM
- ST SAVIOURāS
- HIGH SCHOOL AND FINALLYāNUNS!
- THE DEMON DRINK
- TEENAGE INSPIRATIONS
- WHY WAS MY DAD SO ANGRY?
- SEX, DRUGS AND ROCKāNāROLLāBUT MOSTLY DRUGS AND UNI
- BRISBANE 1.0
- MELBOURNE, FOR GOOD
- THE BACK ROOM OF THE ESPY
- I GOT MARRIED
- THINGS I LEARNT FROM PROSTITUTES
- THE KILLING HEIDI INCIDENT
- THE WHORE IS BORN
- ITāS PERTH
- ITāS GOSFORD
- BRISBANE 2.0. AS IN, O GOD!
- BEING HUMAN
- HAPPINESS AND ITS CAUSES
- WHERE BABIES COME FROM
- MTM & HH
- THE ROAD HOME