{"product_id":"9781922146854","title":"Almost Sincerely","description":"Author: Zoe Norton Lodge\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922146854\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Zoe Norton Lodge was growing up in Annandale in the eighties and nineties, the self-proclaimed Heartland of the Inner West was a heady brew of somewhat maladjusted and genuinely unsettling residents. But Annandale was changing. New words like 'architect' and 'labradoodle' drifted out of the overabundance of cafes  and eventually entire weeks would go by with no backyard bomb explosions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories of neighbourhood warfare, unsound relations, quashed dreams and facial disfigurement are told with Norton Lodge's characteristic comic verve and eye for absurdity: encounter Greek grandparents whose decades-long resentment turns a colander into a weapon; apetrol-sodden Mamma; children sent to school with cat-food sandwiches; 'distressed' furniture; flying babies and other suburban wonders.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZoe Norton Lodge is also a writer and presenter on \u003ci\u003eThe Checkout \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Chaser's Media Circus\u003c\/i\u003e (ABC1), creator of the hit sellout live event-cum-highly obscure TV show \u003ci\u003eStory Club\u003c\/i\u003e (ABC2) and has had her work published in \u003ci\u003eBest Australian Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading group notes available \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/8cl42mnlrlqdd3m\/Almost%20Sincerely%20Reading%20group%20notes.pdf?dl=0\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861499072670,"sku":"ADS-9781922146854","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922146854.jpg?v=1779252926","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922146854","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}