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'From stalking and eventually meeting her Young Talent Time idol when she was twelve, to a particularly abhorrent encounter at a high-quality swingers night, and a mildly perverse obsession with Bob Ellis, there is nothing Marieke Hardy won't write about. Welcome to a chronicle of broken hearts, fervid pursuits, passionate friendships, deranged letter-writing, the allure of the bottle, the singular charms of musicians, the lost song of youth, and three very awkward evenings with varying prostitutes-exactly zero percent of which the author's parents will want to read. Add to that a slightly misguided attempt to give real-life friends and ex-lovers a 'right of reply' to the stories they appear in and it's fair to say an extended stint in the Witness Protection Program beckons.
Confessional, voyeuristic, painful, hilarious and heartfelt, You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead reveals the acerbic wit, unflinching gaze and razor-sharp insight of a writer at the height of her powers-or the unhinged fantasies of a dangerous mind with not enough to do.' Source: /www.allenandunwin.com (Sighted 08/09/2011).
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Bluestockings and Ladybloggers
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 13 2011; (p. 32-33) -
Self-Reflections with an Esoteric Chaser
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 October 2011; (p. 31) The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 October 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 2011 single work autobiography -
No Bottom to the Naked truth
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 September 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 2011 single work autobiography -
Non-Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 September 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 2011 single work autobiography
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Non-Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 September 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 2011 single work autobiography -
No Bottom to the Naked truth
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 September 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 2011 single work autobiography -
Self-Reflections with an Esoteric Chaser
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 October 2011; (p. 31) The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 October 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 2011 single work autobiography -
Bluestockings and Ladybloggers
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 13 2011; (p. 32-33)
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