Shambolic Living

The F Series – Reading This Week – The Wife Drought – Annabel Crabb

Janine — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:19:12 +0000

If Annabel Crabb and I weren’t both straight women I would kiss her passionately on the lips. Finally, somebody explains clearly the impact of children, family responsibilities and the goddamn housework on a woman’s ability to participate fully in the workforce. Finally, somebody lays out the impediments men face in trying to have fully...

Reading This Week – The Fence-Painting Fortnight of Destiny – Meshel Laurie

Janine — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 02:21:01 +0000

This memoir of comedian and radio/TV personality Meshel Laurie takes a fascinating look into the world of entertainment and what it takes to survive its rejections and successes. A kid from country Queensland Laurie dreamed of making it big in the comedy scene of Melbourne. This book chronicles the ups and downs of that journey....