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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex : An Unconventional Love Story (53% True)
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'When a clairvoyant tells Gretel Killeen that she has only days to live, she is forced to look back on all the most important things in her life. High on her list is the man with whom she has shared her longest relationship, Jimmy. Theirs is a warts and all friendship - perhaps far more honest than any marriage, and Gretel takes us into the heart of their unconventional love with hilarity, wisdom and warmth.

Readers who read Gretel's first volume of autobiography, The Night My Bum Dropped, will recall Jimmy fondly - and those who didn't should prepare to meet an unbelievable and unforgettable man. But this Jimmy is to be believed, as this is a much more honest account of the private life behind the very public woman.' (Penguin Books Australia website)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex Gretel Killeen , ( dir. Gretel Killeen ) Australia : 2014 6805808 2014 single work film/TV

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2010 .
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      Extent: 235p.
      ISBN: 9781921518232 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Reality Chick Phil Brown , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 20 - 26 October no. 806 2010; (p. 14)

— Review of Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex : An Unconventional Love Story (53% True) Gretel Killeen , 2010 single work autobiography
Jimmy X-Posed Charles Waterstreet , 2010 single work column humour
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 10 October 2010; (p. 20)
Off the Shelf : Memoir Owen Richardson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 October 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex : An Unconventional Love Story (53% True) Gretel Killeen , 2010 single work autobiography
Coming Clean on Simple Joys Karen Hardy , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 3 October 2010; (p. 7)
Off the Shelf : Memoir Owen Richardson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 October 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex : An Unconventional Love Story (53% True) Gretel Killeen , 2010 single work autobiography
Reality Chick Phil Brown , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 20 - 26 October no. 806 2010; (p. 14)

— Review of Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex : An Unconventional Love Story (53% True) Gretel Killeen , 2010 single work autobiography
Coming Clean on Simple Joys Karen Hardy , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 3 October 2010; (p. 7)
Jimmy X-Posed Charles Waterstreet , 2010 single work column humour
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 10 October 2010; (p. 20)
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