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'Corey White was a golden child. He knew this because his father would hit his mother and his sisters but not him. And his mother adored him so much she let him drop out of primary school.
'After losing his father to jail and his mother to heroin, though, he became a target for cruelty and dysfunction in foster homes. A scholarship to a prestigious boarding school lifted him out of foster care and awakened a love of learning and reading for him, but this was soon overwhelmed by a crushing depression and drug addiction.
'Through it all, he kept thinking - sometimes hoping, sometimes fearing - that he was destined for something bigger. Would he find salvation in the halls of a university, or a poetically grimy crack den, or through love? Or would the golden glow that had been in him since childhood ultimately fade, leaving only darkness and ruin?
'The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory is a memoir of trauma and survival that will break your heart and then show you how to rebuild it. It is a powerful, lyrical and darkly funny debut from one of Australia's brightest young comedians.' (Publication summary)
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Horse That Bolted
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 October 2019; (p. 22)
— Review of The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory 2019 single work autobiography'Corey White forged a life from broken beginnings. His stand-up comedy and his first book draw on a timeline of personal horrors, writes Liam Pieper' (Introduction)
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Corey White on Childhood Trauma, Foster Care and Comedy : ‘It’s a Factory for the Insane’
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 July 2019;'The Melbourne comic discusses the foster mother who ‘broke’ him, his complex PTSD diagnosis, and how he found solace in drugs, comedy and writing his memoir.' (Article summary)
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The Horse That Bolted
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 October 2019; (p. 22)
— Review of The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory 2019 single work autobiography'Corey White forged a life from broken beginnings. His stand-up comedy and his first book draw on a timeline of personal horrors, writes Liam Pieper' (Introduction)
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Corey White on Childhood Trauma, Foster Care and Comedy : ‘It’s a Factory for the Insane’
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 July 2019;'The Melbourne comic discusses the foster mother who ‘broke’ him, his complex PTSD diagnosis, and how he found solace in drugs, comedy and writing his memoir.' (Article summary)
Awards
- 2021 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Autobiography / Biography / Memoir designed by Adam Laszczuk
- 2020 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — The Matt Richell Award for New Writer
- 2020 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2020 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Autobiography / Biography / Memoir