Marieke is one of my favourite local writers. Like a lotta people I discovered her via Frankie magazine. Though you may also know her from her notorious (now defunct) blog Reasons You WIll Hate Me or from her stint on Triple J or her work on First Tuesday Book Club. Man, she's so funny and provocative and cool and clever. And her first book is a blissfully good collection of stories. It opens with her childhood ambition to become a prostitute and closes with her awkward and confronting encounters with her idol, Bob Ellis. There's heartfelt, sad stuff like her best friend's ongoing battle with cancer but all of it, even the cancer, is laced with her salty wit and sense of humour. Love.
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