{"product_id":"anything-can-happen-by-susan-hampton-9781923099012","title":"Anything Can Happen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2025, Non-Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWarm and wry, mixing high culture and suburban realism, the laconic and the artful, \u003cem\u003eAnything Can Happen\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir from one of Australia's literary trailblazers. Funny, heartbreaking, it has exactly the arc of a good story, with a theme about storytelling and lies and how truth and memory are complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt keeps in play so many things: irony and spirituality, a slice of social history of Sydney's inner west, a farm in Victoria, a lesbian subculture, Mardi Gras, the literary pleasures of teaching writing. Juxtaposition is her gift, as is the very natural speaking voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the eye of a poet, and the dry drollery of someone who has experienced it all, straight and married, gay and married, mother, friend, lover, writer, this is a raw and powerful account of a life lived fully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I love this memoir - it's the sort of writing Hampton excels at. There's no-one else I know who can hit that dry, droll, edgy note and conjure place and time and character and the random nature of memory and story-telling.' — Kim Mahood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Alive and compelling, and served up in perfect mouthfuls, like an antipasto plate . . . Honesty, great sentences, good flow. Surprises, escalation, energy, digression and return, causation.' — Gail Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46825488908524,"sku":"9781923099012","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19401243482872.jpg?v=1758102589","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/anything-can-happen-by-susan-hampton-9781923099012","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}