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'Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she despised them, Judith was shocked. Sure, she had been talking about Ann and Tony Lucy like they were one-dimensional Irish nutbags who'd ruined her life for years, but there was always more to them and her own feelings than that.
'So Judith decided it was time to write the full story of her parents and her childhood. And here it is, a reference book on all things Lucy from:
'A is for Adoption (she is) to C is for Cleaning (they didn't) and for Counselling (you'll find out why she had a lot of it) to D is for Diets (she was put on one at eight) to H is for Heart Attack (her father's) to M is for Make Up (her father's) to N is for Nuts (there was a falling out over testicles) to R is for Review (to do with Nuts) to T is for Tanscendental Meditation (it didn't work) to X is for Xmas (when a lot of this started) and beyond...
'In amongst the gags Judith explores the people her parents were and the impact of finding out - at twenty-five - that she was adopted. We meet Judith's birth mother by learn that ultimately it was her very unusual parents who made her who she is today.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For Mum, Dad and Niall.
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Start Your Engines Boys
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[Review] The Lucy Family Alphabet
2008
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2008-2009 vol. 88 no. 5 2008; (p. 24)
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[Review] The Lucy Family Alphabet
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— Appears in: InCite , October vol. 29 no. 10 2008; (p. 16)
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Family Ties of Heartbreak
2008
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— Appears in: The Age , 2 August 2008; (p. 25)
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Pick of the Week
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 May-1 June 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of The Lucy Family Alphabet 2008 single work autobiography
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[Review] The Lucy Family Alphabet
2008
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 87 no. 8 2008; (p. 37)
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Laughing through Tears
2008
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 May 2008; (p. 64)
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Family Farce
2008
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— Appears in: Brisbane News , 21 - 27 May no. 686 2008; (p. 25)
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Pick of the Week
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 May-1 June 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of The Lucy Family Alphabet 2008 single work autobiography -
Family Ties of Heartbreak
2008
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— Appears in: The Age , 2 August 2008; (p. 25)
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Family and Other Disasters
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 16-17) The Age , 3 May 2008; (p. 24) -
Now You Know Her ABC
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 May 2008; (p. 13) -
The Lucy Family Circus
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 May 2008; (p. 4-5) -
We Love Lucy
2008
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 31 May 2008; (p. 8) -
Start Your Engines Boys
2009
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— Appears in: Wollongong and Northern Leader , 5 March no. 10 2009; (p. 11)