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'Funny, sweet and beautifully depicted, YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT is a startlingly fresh voice from a very talented new author. Tim is repeating the HSC, but he's more into music than studying. He is juggling playing in a band with handing in assignments and the music is winning. Mandy is taking a year off before she starts uni. Her problem is she doesn't really know what she wants to study, so she's working (sort of) and even by her own admission spends too much watching daytime TV and drinking tea with best friend Alice, with the tea being an excuse for talking - lots. Tim and Mandy meet at a gig. The attraction is immediate, but they are both so shy and self-conscious, but over time they slowly, awkwardly, move toward each, meeting by coincidence, each unsure as to how the other feels. Set in the cafes pubs and dives of Sydney's Inner West YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT is a ballad to that time of your life when you are trying to work out who you are, what it is you want and what will it take to get you there.' (Publication summary)
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Review : You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January-February no. 378 2016; (p. 63)
— Review of You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About 2015 single work novel -
Review : You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2015; (p. 66)
— Review of You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About 2015 single work novel -
Review : You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 40-41)
— Review of You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About 2015 single work novel
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Review : You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 40-41)
— Review of You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About 2015 single work novel -
Review : You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2015; (p. 66)
— Review of You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About 2015 single work novel -
Review : You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January-February no. 378 2016; (p. 63)
— Review of You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About 2015 single work novel
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