- Title:
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The Anti-Cool Girl
- Written by:
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Rosie Waterland
- Read by:
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Caroline Lee
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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8 hours 44 minutes
- Published:
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August 28 2018
- Available Date:
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August 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781460798386
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian; Celebrity; Memoirs
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/HarperCollins audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Bestselling author
Winner Australian Book Industry Award / Newcomer of the Year 2016
Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Award / Biography of the Year 2016
Shortlisted Indie Book Awards / Non Fiction 2016
Brutal, brave, hilarious – a full-frontal memoir about surviving the very worst that life can throw at you.
Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Growing up in housing commission, Rosie was cursed with a near-perfect, beautiful older sister who dressed like Mariah Carey on a Best & Less budget while Rosie was still struggling with various toilet mishaps. She soon realised that she was the Doug Pitt to her sister’s Brad, and that cool was not going to be her currency in this life.
But that was only one of the problems Rosie faced. With two addicts for parents, she grew up amidst rehab stays, AA meetings, overdoses, narrow escapes from drug dealers and a merry-go-round of dodgy boyfriends in her mother’s life. Rosie watched as her dad passed out/was arrested/vomited, and had to talk her mum out of killing herself.
As an adult, trying to come to grips with her less than conventional childhood, Rosie navigated her way through eating disorders, nude acting roles, mental health issues and awkward Tinder dates. Then she had an epiphany: to stop pretending to be who she wasn’t and embrace her true self – a girl who loved drinking wine in her underpants on Sunday nights – and become an Anti-Cool Girl.
'Individual, wounded, brilliant and hilarious.'
Sydney Morning Herald
'Hilarious, wise, gutsy, clear-eyed, devastating and uplifting. It's a marvel.'
Richard Glover