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'Judith Lucy has looked everywhere for happiness. Growing up a Catholic, she thought about becoming a nun, and later threw herself into work, finding a partner and getting off her face. Somehow, none of that worked.

'So lately, she's been asking herself the big questions. Why are we here? Is there a God? What happens when we die? And why can't she tell you what her close friends believe in, but she can tell you which ones have herpes? No-one could have been more surprised than Judith when she started to find solace and meaning in yoga and meditation, and a newfound appreciation for what others get from their religion.

'In her first volume of memoir, the bestselling The Lucy Family Alphabet, Judith dealt with her parents. In Drink, Smoke, Pass Out, she tries to find out if there's more to life than wanting to suck tequila out of Ryan Gosling's navel. With disarming frankness and classic dry wit, she reviews the major paths of her life and, alarmingly, finds herself on a journey.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Penguin Group Australia.
      Extent: 245p.
      ISBN: 9780670074914 (pbk.), 9781742536613 (ebk.)

Works about this Work

Two Women Walk into a Bar... Dianne Dempsey , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 January 2013; (p. 35)

— Review of The Tour : A Memoir Denise Scott , 2012 single work autobiography ; Drink, Smoke, Pass Out : An Unlikely Spiritual Journey Judith Lucy , 2012 single work autobiography
Comedy Thrives as a Coping Mechanism Dianne Dempsey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 21-22 December 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of The Tour : A Memoir Denise Scott , 2012 single work autobiography ; Drink, Smoke, Pass Out : An Unlikely Spiritual Journey Judith Lucy , 2012 single work autobiography
Comedy Thrives as a Coping Mechanism Dianne Dempsey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 21-22 December 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of The Tour : A Memoir Denise Scott , 2012 single work autobiography ; Drink, Smoke, Pass Out : An Unlikely Spiritual Journey Judith Lucy , 2012 single work autobiography
Two Women Walk into a Bar... Dianne Dempsey , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 January 2013; (p. 35)

— Review of The Tour : A Memoir Denise Scott , 2012 single work autobiography ; Drink, Smoke, Pass Out : An Unlikely Spiritual Journey Judith Lucy , 2012 single work autobiography
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