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The Space Between

Chaos. Questions. Magic. Welcome to your twenties.
By Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews
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The Space Between by Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews offers insights into navigating the tumultuous twenties. It's a thoughtful guide that combines personal anecdotes with practical advice, helping readers understand and manage the challenges they face during this formative decade. The authors blend humour and wisdom to discuss relationships, career uncertainties, and the quest for self-identity.
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This book may appeal to you if you are navigating the complexities of your twenties and seeking insights from relatable experiences. Written by Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews, it's an engaging exploration of personal growth, offering honest advice and empowering reflections for those embracing the uncertainties and opportunities of young adulthood.

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The Space Between was shortlisted for the ABIA General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021.

From the creators of the hit podcast Shameless — relatable ruminations on the mess, the madness and the magic of not-quite-adulthood.

There's this weird gap in life that's fuelled by cheap tacos and even cheaper tequila — also known as our twenties. It's a specific limbo between being a teenager and a Proper Adult, and though it's wildly confusing, often lonely, sometimes embarrassing and frequently daunting, there's also a whole lot of magic to be found in the chaos. It's a time when we're finding our own voices, cementing our relationships and starting to fulfil our big ambitions (or simply just working out what they are).

Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, creators of the award-winning pop culture podcast Shameless, are two of the many twentysomething women trying to make sense of it all. They definitely don't have all the answers but they know that mapping out our place in the world is a little bit easier when we do it together.

Brimming with wit and unflinching honesty, these are their stories and personal puzzles about life as twentysomethings — from heartbreak and mental health challenges to overcoming career setbacks and letting go of fear. (Not forgetting the deeper meaning behind the states of their fridges and why it's so damn good to ghost out of a friend's party.)

Join Zara and Michelle as they figure out who they are now and who they want to be. You just might find tiny pieces of yourself in the space between the first page and the last.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760894610

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 149.0mm

Height: 209.0mm

Weight: 375g

Pages: 288

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Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Happiness & Mental Health Humour Journals Michelle Andrews Mindset & Self Help Motivation & Inspiration New Year, New You Non-Fiction Penguin Books Personal Development Philosophy & Psychology Self-Help & Personal Development Stationery Zara McDonald

About the Author

Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald are Melbourne-based journalists and broadcasters, aged 26. They met working as writers for Mamamia, and in March 2018 launched Australia's top pop-culture podcast Shameless, 'for smart people who like dumb stuff'. As of May 2020, the podcast has been downloaded more than 10 million times. They now run Shameless Media, under which they have produced four separate podcasts that have each hit number one on the Australian Apple Podcast Charts.

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