{"product_id":"misfits-and-me-collected-non-fiction-paperback-softback-9781742236100","title":"Misfits and Me; Collected Non-Fiction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781742236100","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMisfits and Me\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCollected Non-Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMandy Sayer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781742236100\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 July 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 1.4 cm, 0.525 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“I fell in love with my first misfit at the age of three. He was a disabled man in a wheelchair who sold newspapers every afternoon outside the Empire Hotel in Annandale. Whenever I glimpsed him in the distance I would break into a run, jump onto his lap, and smother him with kisses.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisfits and Me\u003c\/i\u003e represents a selection of Mandy Sayer’s non-fiction writing from the past twenty years. Each essay has been chosen to reflect a different aspect of Mandy’s attraction to Australia’s misfits and outsiders, with those who live in the shadows of our society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople Power at the Ponderosa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWild Frontier: The Child Gangs of Tweed Heads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tincture of Health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlying High: The Rise \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Guise of Self-Funded Retirees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGirls Gone Wild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElsie Turns 40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hordes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Death in Darlinghurst\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleepless in Samoa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Writer in the Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the Love of Dog\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy New Orleans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gift of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoodbye, Porkpie Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThea Astley Comes Out of the Shadows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSex, Lies, \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Defamation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Ernest: Hemingway \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e The Art of the Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSatirists of Suburbia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter to a Young Novelist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShaun Prescott: Modern Misfit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637465805080,"sku":"9781742236100","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/misfits-and-me-collected-non-fiction-paperback-softback-9781742236100","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}