{"product_id":"misfits-me-collected-non-fiction-9781742236100","title":"Misfits \u0026 Me: Collected Non-fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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; 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; 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; Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThea Astley Comes Out of the Shadows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSex, Lies, \u0026amp; Defamation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Ernest: Hemingway \u0026amp; 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","brand":"NewSouth Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53190095372631,"sku":"9781742236100","price":19.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/misfits-me-collected-non-fiction-9781742236100","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}