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'''Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
'Tolstoy wasn't thinking specifically of the Harrison family when he wrote those words, but maybe he should have been. George Harrison is twenty-eight and afraid of the dark. His father is dead and his mother lives in la-la land. Reeling from a broken heart, and still coping with the trauma of a childhood home invasion, George works in a dead-end job in a bowling alley and finds rare solace in the giant painting of an alien that sits outside his room. His brother Matthew isn't much better off. After losing the love of his life in a traumatic car accident, he's retreated into a private world of sleep where he dreams about falling in love with comedienne Magda Szubanski.
'Matthew and George are each stuck in their own little messed-up world, with no idea how to get out, and neither of them is sure whether their unhappy family will ever finally pull together, or simply just fall apart.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For my mum, Mara, who raised me twice
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Great Expectations
2010
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— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 42 no. 3 2010; (p. 6-9) -
Bowled Over By a Study of Slacker Generations
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 September 2008; (p. 21)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel -
Relationships with a Sting in the Tail
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 3 no. 8 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel ; The Nearly Happy Family 2008 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2008 single work novel ; Walking to the Moon 2008 single work novel ; Wasp Season 2008 single work novel -
The Hermaphrodite Alien's a Quirk Too Many
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 August 2008; (p. 33)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel -
Laugh, Cry, Dream with George
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 August 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel
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[Review] I Dream of Magda
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 41)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel -
Slacker Brothers Wait on Life in Blue Vogel Winner
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2008; (p. 10-11)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel -
Just the Job for a Real Goddess
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 August 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel -
Love, Loss and Laughter
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 August 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel ; The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
Laugh, Cry, Dream with George
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 August 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel -
Winner Inspired by 'All the Magdas'
2007
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 September 2007; (p. 3) The Age , 14 September 2007; (p. 2) -
Bookmarks
2007
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— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 2007; (p. 30) A column canvassing current literary news including the controversial proposed sale of poet Judith Wright's old home, and recent literary prizes awarded to Stefan Laszczuk and Michelle De Kretser. -
The Woman of His Dreams
Angela Meyer
(interviewer),
2008
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interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 52) -
Great Expectations
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 42 no. 3 2010; (p. 6-9)