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The Anti-Cool Girl
The award-winning, bestselling brutal and hilarious memoir and the first Jennette McCurdy book club pick for 2023
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Brutal, brave, and hilarious—this is a full-frontal memoir about surviving the very worst that life can throw at you.
Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Growing up in housing commission, Rosie was cursed with a near-perfect, beautiful older sister who dressed like Mariah Carey on a Best & Less budget, while Rosie struggled with various toilet mishaps. She soon realised that she was the Doug Pitt to her sister's Brad, and that cool was not going to be her currency in this life.
But that was only one of the problems Rosie faced. With two addicts as parents, she grew up amidst rehab stays, AA meetings, overdoses, narrow escapes from drug dealers, and a merry-go-round of dodgy boyfriends in her mother's life. Rosie watched as her dad passed out, was arrested, vomited, and had to talk her mum out of killing herself.
As an adult, trying to come to grips with her less-than-conventional childhood, Rosie navigated her way through eating disorders, nude acting roles, mental health issues, and awkward Tinder dates. Then she had an epiphany: to stop pretending to be who she wasn't and embrace her true self—a girl who loved drinking wine in her underpants on Sunday nights—and become an Anti-Cool Girl.
An irrepressible, blackly comic memoir, Rosie Waterland's story is a clarion call for Anti-Cool Girls everywhere.
'Individual, wounded, brilliant and hilarious' — Sydney Morning Herald
'If Augusten Burroughs and Lena Dunham abandoned their child in an Australian housing estate, she'd write this heartbreaking, hilarious book. It made me laugh uproariously, then feel terrible for her, then laugh all over again. Sorry, Rosie.' — Dominic Knight, The Chaser
'Hilarious, wise, gutsy, clear-eyed, devastating and uplifting. It's a marvel.' — Richard Glover
The Anti-Cool Girl was shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Book Awards and the 2016 ABIA Awards for Biography of the Year, and additionally was the Winner of the 2016 ABIA Awards People's Choice for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year.
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iThe Anti-Cool Girl by Rosie Waterland is praised for its raw honesty, humour, and candid portrayal of her tumultuous upbringing and personal struggles. Reviewers commend the memoir for its ability to tackle heavy topics with wit and resilience, offering a unique and engaging narrative that resonates emotionally with readers. Waterland's storytelling is often highlighted as both heart-wrenching and hilariously relatable, making it a compelling read for those interested in personal growth and survival anecdotes.
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ISBN: 9781460754504
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 March 2020
Country: Australia
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 222g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
Rosie Waterland is a Sydney-based author, podcaster, screenwriter and comedian. Her first book, The Anti-Cool Girl (HarperCollins, 2015) was a critically-acclaimed national bestseller, winning the ABIA People's Choice Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. In 2017, Rosie launched her podcast Mum Says My Memoir is a Lie, which has been downloaded more than 7 million times and won the Australian Commercial Radio Award for Best Original Podcast. Her latest podcast, Just The Gist, rose to number one on the charts before it was released. Her second book Every Lie I've Ever Told (HarperCollins, 2017) was also a national bestseller. Rosie co-created and co-starred in the ABC satirical political documentary series What's Going On with Jamila Rizvi. In 2020, Rosie is about to embark on her third national comedy tour Kid Chameleon following the sold-out success of her earlier one-woman shows My Life on the Couch (with Vodka) and Crazy Lady.
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