Was it something I said? Misadventures in suburbia
Ros Thomas is a familiar face in Australia, having worked as a journalist for 25 years, 17 of them in television. Ros writes a weekly op-ed column in West Weekend magazine, with a readership of 850,000. Her column is about accessible everyday topics of memory, family, working mums, nostalgia, and hu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Crawley, Western Australia :
UWA Publishing
2014.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32486595*spi |
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- Cover; Contents; The End of Innocence; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS; LOVE IN THE TIME OF LEGO; UNDER THE COVERS; SEX AND THE SINGLE ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD; LIMERENCE AND LINDT; SINGIN' THE ONLY-CHILD BLUES; IN THE PASSION PIT; The Creep of Age; GETTING TO SCHOOL VIA ZIMMER FRAME; THE NAKED TRUTH; SIXTY AND TOO OLD TO REGISTER; SLAVE TO THE BEAUTY GRIND; THE DECLINING DIGNITY OF AGE; MIRROR, MIRROR, I'M THE WRINKLIEST OF ALL; BOTOX BABES ON A B-747; Mating Rituals; I'D LOVE TO MARRY MY HUSBAND; BETTER THAN NOTHING; SPOOKED BY A LITTLE SNIP; MUTTON DRESSED AS MAN; KEEP THE CHANGE, DEAR, YOU NEED IT.
- NO JUSTICE IN MISCARRIAGEGENDER DIVIDE ALL MAN-MAID; DEEP DOWN, IS MY MAN SHALLOW?; PAY YOUR MOODY DUES; Childhood on the Hoof; THE YOUNG, THE RESTLESS AND THE PLAYSTATION 3; THE BITE OF SPRING; THAT ELUSIVE STATE OF BLISS; IN SICKNESS AND IN GUILT; SOME STARS TWINKLE, OTHERS SCORCH; THE HURT LOCKER: PASS THE MERCUROCHROME; MY TRACK RECORD: SUCK IT UP, LOSER; CORK CLOGS CRUEL MY 'COOL' QUOTIENT; The Pursuit of Happiness; THE ECSTASY OF ENTITLEMENT; WHO GIVES A FIG FOR OUR FAMILY TREE?; SEND FOR THE DOCTOR THIS AFTERNOON; THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE; GOOD DEEDS SHINE IN A NAUGHTY WORLD.
- Life: InterruptedWHEN A FRIEND DIES YOUNG; THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF DIVORCE; OUR MAN OF NOTE; THE STORY OF LIFE; Menageries; PIGGERY-POKERY, PORKERS CAN FLY; LISTENING DEVICES; MAN ENOUGH; IN A CAT FLAP; ANYONE LOST A SET OF DENTURES?; CONSUMING PASSIONS; Objects of Affection; GETTING IN A BIND OVER A FIX; RACKING UP THE YEARS; BORN BUT TO DIE; THE END OF THE LINE; MAKE IT OR FAKE IT; THE ART OF KEEPING TIME; Small Satisfactions; HERE'S WHY I'VE GONE TO POT; ENOUGH ABOUT ME; HERE'S TO HAND-ME-DOWN HAND-WRITING!; SHH! SAY IT IN A WHISKER; MAKING SCENTS OF LIFE; TRIPPING DOWN MEMORY LAME.
- BEEN THERE, DONE THATBugbears; SMOKES AND MIRRORS; THE POLITENESS POLICE DON'T NEED A BADGE; CONFESSIONS FROM A PAIR OF LOSERS; MYTHS OF A CLASSLESS SOCIETY; MY PINING FOR PERFECTION; THE WHISTLE STOP; DON'T WORRY, I'LL GET AROUND TO IT, FOR SURE; CHEWING THE FAT; Near and Far; MEMORIES ARE HOUSED HERE; MORE THE MERRIER IN FAMILY TERRITORY; SAVED BY THE SISTERHOOD; HELLO STRANGER, I'VE JOINED THE 'HOOD; FAST TRAIN TRACK TO NOWHERE; OH DANNY BOY, YOU'RE HOMESICK; GIVING UP THE WORST WEAKNESS.
