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'Meet the Law family – eccentric, endearing and hard to resist. Your guide: Benjamin, the third of five children and a born humorist. Join him as he tries to answer some puzzling questions: Why won’t his Chinese dad wear made-in-China underpants? Why was most of his extended family deported in the 1980s? Will his childhood dreams of Home and Away stardom come to nothing? What are his chances of finding love?' (From the publisher's website.)
Adaptations
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form
y
The Family Law
Australia
:
Matchbox Pictures
SBS
,
2016-2019
8137847
2016
series - publisher
film/TV
'Welcome to The Family Law. The story of a sprawling Chinese-Australian family who are unlike any you've ever met, and yet also disturbingly familiar. Based on the hit memoir, The Family Law is a black comedy series set on Queensland's Sunshine Coast over one hot summer. Fourteen-year-old Benjamin Law strives for television soap mega-stardom whilst trying to stop his parents from splitting up, usually with disastrous results.' (Production summary)
For full list of episodes and authors, see Film Details.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been recommended as an Asia Literacy resource for young adults by the Dept of Education and Early Childhood, Victoria.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Family Dictionary, single work autobiography humour (p. 1-8)
- Baby Love, single work autobiography humour (p. 9-20)
- The Family Business, single work autobiography essay (p. 21-29)
- Scenes from a Family Christmas, single work autobiography (p. 30-33)
- Holes, single work autobiography essay (p. 34-42)
- Tourism, single work autobiography essay (p. 43-50)
- Sleep Cancer, single work autobiography essay (p. 51-57)
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Heat! Vermin! Pestilence! : Australia,
single work
essay
autobiography
(p. 58-65)
Note: With title: Heat! Vermin! Pestilence!
- Tone Deaf, single work autobiography essay (p. 66-74)
- A Room of One's Own, single work autobiography essay (p. 75-82)
- On Nudity, single work autobiography essay humour (p. 83-90)
- Like a Hole in the Head, single work autobiography essay (p. 91-98)
- Towards Manhood, single work autobiography essay (p. 99-109)
- You've Got a Friend, single work autobiography essay (p. 110-119)
- God Camp, single work autobiography essay (p. 120-131)
- The Pretenders, single work autobiography essay humour (p. 132-146)
- Skeletons, single work autobiography essay (p. 147-158)
- We Have the Technology, single work autobiography essay (p. 159-166)
- Oceans Apart, single work autobiography essay biography (p. 167-176)
- Amongst the Living Dead, single work essay autobiography (p. 177-185)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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'It's like a Turducken of Mums' : Benjamin Law on Fact, Fiction and The Family Law
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 June 2017; 'Balancing empathy and humour is always difficult but what if you’re writing a TV comedy based on your own life? Benjamin Law explains how he did it.' -
Media and Diversity in Australia
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 7-10) 'Osman Faruqi asks questions of Australia’s white-bread media landscape. -
Benjamin Law : The Family Law
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2016;
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose -
Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon and Your Feet on the Ground : Some Reflections on Implementing the Australian Curriculum : English
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 47 no. 3 2012; (p. 13-19) -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 223 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose
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So Crazy It Must Be True
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 June 2010; (p. 13)
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose -
Non-Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , June no. 57 2010; (p. 72)
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose -
It's No Big Deal To Be Chinese and Gay in Australia
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 June 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 June 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Family Law 2010 selected work autobiography prose -
Family Viewing
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 14) Bookseller + Publisher Magazine reports that Benjamin Law's The Family Law has been sold to Matchbox Pictures for a television adaptation. -
Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon and Your Feet on the Ground : Some Reflections on Implementing the Australian Curriculum : English
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 47 no. 3 2012; (p. 13-19) -
Media and Diversity in Australia
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 7-10) 'Osman Faruqi asks questions of Australia’s white-bread media landscape. -
'It's like a Turducken of Mums' : Benjamin Law on Fact, Fiction and The Family Law
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 June 2017; 'Balancing empathy and humour is always difficult but what if you’re writing a TV comedy based on your own life? Benjamin Law explains how he did it.'
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