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'Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her music and performing, this beloved Australian artist has touched hundreds of thousands of lives. But what of the stories she used to tell herself? That 'real life' only begins once you're thin or beautiful, that good things only happen to other people.
'Your Own Kind of Girl reveals a childhood punctuated by grief, anxiety and compulsion and tells how these forces shaped Clare's life for better and for worse. This is a heart-breaking, wise and at times playful memoir. Clare's own story told raw and as it happened. A reminder that even on the darkest of nights, victory is closer than it seems.
'With startling candour, Clare lays bare her truth in the hope that doing so will inspire anyone who's ever done battle with their inner critic. This is the work of a woman who has found her true power— and wants to pass it on. Happiness, we discover, is only possible when we take charge of the stories we tell ourselves.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Live Recording : Clare Bowditch on Her New Memoir
Susan Carland
(interviewer),
2019
23469807
2019
single work
podcast
interview
'Clare Bowditch chats with Dr Susan Carland about her frank and powerful memoir, Your Own Kind of Girl. This is a live recording from our event.' (Production summary)
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Spotlight
2019
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 November 2019; (p. 3)'Melbourne singer-songwriter CLARE BOWDITCH , 44, has written a memoir that details how she learned to confront anxiety and depression while pursuing a career in music.' (Introduction)
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Spotlight
2019
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 November 2019; (p. 3)'Melbourne singer-songwriter CLARE BOWDITCH , 44, has written a memoir that details how she learned to confront anxiety and depression while pursuing a career in music.' (Introduction)
-
y
Live Recording : Clare Bowditch on Her New Memoir
Susan Carland
(interviewer),
2019
23469807
2019
single work
podcast
interview
'Clare Bowditch chats with Dr Susan Carland about her frank and powerful memoir, Your Own Kind of Girl. This is a live recording from our event.' (Production summary)
Awards
- 2020 longlisted Booksellers Choice Award BookPeople Book of the Year — Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year
- 2020 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — The Matt Richell Award for New Writer
- 2020 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2020 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Autobiography / Biography / Memoir designed by Lisa White
- 2020 shortlisted Indie Awards — Nonfiction