{"product_id":"9780670077557","title":"The Feel-Good Hit of the Year: A Memoir","description":"Author: Pieper, Liam\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780670077557\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 May 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilarious, compelling and sometimes heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Feel-Good Hit of the Year \u003c\/i\u003eis a memoir about family, addiction and learning how to live with yourself, from a sharp and original new Australian voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Will break your heart and give you chuckles. What more do you want?' \u003cb\u003eJohn Safran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most achingly funny, heartsplittingly tragic and brilliantly  written book you'll read this year.' \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Law\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Liam   Pieper was raised by his bohemian parents to believe in freedom and   creativity, and that there's nothing wrong with smoking a little   marijuana to make life more interesting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A fast learner, Liam   combined hippie self-actualisation with gen Y entrepreneurialism. By his   early teens he had a fledgling drug habit, and a thriving business   selling pot around the suburbs of Melbourne from the back of his   pushbike. He picked up important life skills, like how to befriend a   deranged jujitsu master, how to impress his girlfriend's mother by   getting arrested in front of her, and how to negotiate pocket money   based on how much he was charging his parents for an ounce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But   from these highs (chemical, financial and otherwise), Liam's life fell   to dramatic lows. The muddled flower child became a petty criminal and   an amoral coke monster. After a family tragedy and then his arrest on   several counts of possession and trafficking, Liam had to consider: had   it been a mistake to adopt the practices of a counterculture without  any  of its ethics? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilarious, compelling and sometimes heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Feel-Good Hit of the Year \u003c\/i\u003eis a memoir about family, addiction and learning how to live with yourself, from a sharp and original new Australian voice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Terrific. I'm pressing it on all my friends.' \u003cb\u003eDavid Marr\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445870100638,"sku":"UBD-9780670077557","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780670077557.jpg?v=1790749161","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780670077557","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}