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'A born city girl, Jessica Body comes to "Boolaroo" as a young bride, with her only experience of the great outdoors "going from the shop to the tram". She has a lot to learn... Jessie's diary tells of her struggles to overcome isolation, loneliness, drought, bushfire, storms and all the trials of a farming life. Funny, light-hearted and down-to-earth, For Better, For Worse and for Lunch is full of energy, zest and keen observations on the many differences between city and country life. Christina Hindhaugh lives in the "red gum" country of Western Victoria with her farmer husband and three children. Christina has written for Farm magazine, the Age and the West Australian, and is the author of Life Wasn't Meant to be Easy (a biography of tamie Fraser) and the bestselling I Love a Sunburnt torso. She is also well-known as a professional public speaker and travels widely around Australia promoting the lives and experiences of country women.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Julia, Eda and James.
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Epigraph: 'It's just an ordinary diary then? ... It isn't about your spiritual life?' 'This is the spiritual life; the ordinary things one does from hour to hour.' The Black Tower, P. D. James.
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Also published in braille and sound recording formats. Discussion notes available.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Good Life Brought Down to Earth
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 1992; (p. rev 7)
— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel ; Jumping at the Moon 1992 selected work short story ; Rock 'n' Roll Heroes 1992 selected work short story -
City Girl's Country Humour
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 27 June 1992; (p. 48)
— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel -
Wet Puns Out West
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 1992; (p. C12)
— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel -
Forecasts
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 71 no. 1025 1992; (p. 28)
— Review of Woman of the Inner Sea 1992 single work novel ; For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel ; Lovers' Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel 1992 single work novel -
Deadly Serious Humor
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 23 September 1992; (p. 4)
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Forecasts
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 71 no. 1025 1992; (p. 28)
— Review of Woman of the Inner Sea 1992 single work novel ; For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel ; Lovers' Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel 1992 single work novel -
Wet Puns Out West
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 1992; (p. C12)
— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel -
City Girl's Country Humour
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 27 June 1992; (p. 48)
— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel -
The Good Life Brought Down to Earth
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 1992; (p. rev 7)
— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch 1992 single work novel ; Jumping at the Moon 1992 selected work short story ; Rock 'n' Roll Heroes 1992 selected work short story -
Deadly Serious Humor
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 23 September 1992; (p. 4)