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'In the 1980s in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner, Josie’s father is drinking himself to an ugly and appalling death. Josie’s mother is a factory machinist, bringing home piecework to keep the family afloat.
'And Josie is surviving, or not—self-destructive sex, excessive alcohol, drugs, brutalised friendships.
'But her internal monologue—intense, immediate and raw—reveals a heartbreaking portrait of an intelligent young woman desperately looking for a way to make sense of her life, grappling with her feelings of repulsion and love for her father and her longing to be loved.
'First published in 1998, Losing It is a vivid and visceral account of 1980s working-class Melbourne and a coming-of-age story that is both familiar and unique, shocking and intimate.' (Publication summary)
'And Josie is surviving, or not—self-destructive sex, excessive alcohol, drugs, brutalised friendships.
'But her internal monologue—intense, immediate and raw—reveals a heartbreaking portrait of an intelligent young woman desperately looking for a way to make sense of her life, grappling with her feelings of repulsion and love for her father and her longing to be loved.
'First published in 1998, Losing It is a vivid and visceral account of 1980s working-class Melbourne and a coming-of-age story that is both familiar and unique, shocking and intimate.' (Publication summary)
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Reliving the 1980s Through Teenage Eyes
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24 June 2017; (p. 19) 'Since its inception in 1994, Melbourne-based Text Publishing has engaged in the noble if fraught pursuit of unearthing and rebirthing long-forgotten Australian literary treasures. While sometimes the past is much better left there, we should be glad that Moira Burke’s Losing It has received a new lease on life.' (Introduction) -
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1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 6 no. 4 1998; (p. 34)
— Review of Losing It 1998 single work novel
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Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 6 no. 4 1998; (p. 34)
— Review of Losing It 1998 single work novel -
Reliving the 1980s Through Teenage Eyes
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24 June 2017; (p. 19) 'Since its inception in 1994, Melbourne-based Text Publishing has engaged in the noble if fraught pursuit of unearthing and rebirthing long-forgotten Australian literary treasures. While sometimes the past is much better left there, we should be glad that Moira Burke’s Losing It has received a new lease on life.' (Introduction)
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