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'Comedian and writer Lily Bragge knows what it is to be a user and a taker, a liar, cheat and thief. It wasn't until she had lost everything - custody of her son, her friends, her career, her possessions and, almost, her sanity - that she was able to gain some kind of understanding of herself and rebuild her life from a blank, empty slate.
'In My Dirty Shiny Life, she traces with verve and humour her experience growing up with the chaos, fear and violence of a career-criminal father, and her survival of sexual abuse, heroin addiction, clinical depression and incarceration - and her ultimate redemption.
'Both harrowing and hilarious, My Dirty Shiny Life is a story of blood ties that bind and inordinate familial love.' (From the publisher's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Melbourne by the Book
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 August 2012; (p. 8-9) -
Misery Submits to Faith
2010
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 September 2010; (p. 10-11) -
Journey from Lost to Found
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 September 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography -
Vodka Fumes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 July 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography ; The Grand Hotel : A Novel 2010 single work novel
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From Junk to Jesus, With Laughs
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 July 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography -
Non-Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 July 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 July 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography ; The Grand Hotel : A Novel 2010 single work novel -
Vodka Fumes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography -
Journey from Lost to Found
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 September 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of My Dirty Shiny Life 2010 single work autobiography -
Misery Submits to Faith
2010
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 September 2010; (p. 10-11) -
Melbourne by the Book
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 August 2012; (p. 8-9)
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- ca. 1970-2009