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Juicy

How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations
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'A must-read for every wild woman who refused the straight and narrow.' – Winnie DunnWhen the life you imagined falls apart, what remains?At 33, Sheree Joseph stood in the ruins of the life she thought she’d have: no partner, no children, no tidy timeline. Instead, a pandemic,... Read More
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One woman's story of emerging through heartbreak and grief to reclaim life on her own terms.

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'A must-read for every wild woman who refused the straight and narrow.' – Winnie Dunn

When the life you imagined falls apart, what remains?

At 33, Sheree Joseph stood in the ruins of the life she thought she’d have: no partner, no children, no tidy timeline. Instead, a pandemic, profound grief and the unsettling realisation that everything she’d been taught to want – marriage, motherhood, security – might never arrive.

Set against the backdrop of a world in crisis, Juicy is a memoir of heartbreak, healing and rewriting the narrative. In the wake of grief, failed fertility treatments and fractured relationships, Sheree searches for meaning and repair: forging forever friendships, tracing her Lebanese-Australian roots and journeying through sun-drenched Europe for a reckoning with the life she thought she’d lost.

Written with warmth, wit and unflinching honesty, Juicy is a generation-defining memoir for anyone learning to live lives far richer, deeper, juicier.

Praise for Juicy:

'Lush, intimate, funny and devastating all at once.' – Amani Haydar

'Sheree is a true force of nature.' – Bridie Jabour

'I mean this as the highest form of praise: Juicy is the craziest book you'll ever read!' – DrMichael Mohammed Ahmad

'An antidote to these dark and difficult days.' – Kathy Lette

'Sheree Joseph is a champion of the modern single girl.' – Sarah Ayoub

'A vital, unmissable debut … Urgent, witty and deeply moving.' – Michael Dulaney

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780645858136

Publisher: Pantera Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 July 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Pantera Press

Illustration: Text only

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 435g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Sheree Joseph is an award-winning Arab-Australian writer living on the unceded lands of the Darug People in Western Sydney. She was the managing editor of The Vocal, an award-nominated solutions journalism publication at Fairfax. Her work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, the ABC, SBS, Overland, RUSSH, Junkee, The Lifted Brow and The Everywoman. As an ongoing member of Sweatshop Literacy Movement, Sheree has published her fiction in Sweatshop Women (2020) and Love (2025).

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