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Judith Lucy Judith Lucy i(A95955 works by)
Born: Established: Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Malcolm Judith Lucy , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Melbourne on Film : Cinema That Defines Our City 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon Turns Out, I'm Fine Judith Lucy , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2021 20981370 2021 single work autobiography 'When the relationship Judith Lucy thought was The One broke down, her world fell apart. Not only was she single again and about to turn fifty but now that she didn’t have a partner to buy gourmet sausages with at Farmers' Markets, she realised how much her relationship had enabled her to avoid dealing with: everything from her brother’s death to her doubts about doing comedy in an increasingly serious world situation.' (Publication summary)
 
1 1 y separately published work icon Judith Lucy - Overwhelmed & Dying Judith Lucy (presenter), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2020 19035889 2020 single work podcast

'Comedian Judith Lucy is totally overwhelmed by the state of the world and her own life. The family she grew up in is dead, she's a lot closer to dying than she wants to be and now after a particularly bad break-up, she's single again.

'This podcast is her attempt at trying to work out how to feel less overwhelmed: about climate change, getting older, and being single, this time potentially forever ... oh, and the search for purpose and meaning. This is going to get deep.

'She's going to solve her problems and yours over the course of a mere eight episodes. By chatting to some people who really know what they're talking about and having some vaguely humiliating experiences along the way.

'You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll be just thrilled that you're not Judith Lucy.' (Production summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Drink, Smoke, Pass Out : An Unlikely Spiritual Journey Judith Lucy , Camberwell : Penguin , 2012 Z1908987 2012 single work autobiography '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.)
1 I Am What I Am : Judith Lucy Judith Lucy , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Life , 17 July 2011; (p. 9)
1 My Suburban Nightmare Judith Lucy , 2008 extract autobiography (The Lucy Family Alphabet)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 22-55)
1 12 y separately published work icon The Lucy Family Alphabet Judith Lucy , Camberwell : Viking , 2008 Z1495862 2008 single work autobiography

'Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she despised them, Judith was shocked. Sure, she had been talking about Ann and Tony Lucy like they were one-dimensional Irish nutbags who'd ruined her life for years, but there was always more to them and her own feelings than that.

'So Judith decided it was time to write the full story of her parents and her childhood. And here it is, a reference book on all things Lucy from:

'A is for Adoption (she is) to C is for Cleaning (they didn't) and for Counselling (you'll find out why she had a lot of it) to D is for Diets (she was put on one at eight) to H is for Heart Attack (her father's) to M is for Make Up (her father's) to N is for Nuts (there was a falling out over testicles) to R is for Review (to do with Nuts) to T is for Tanscendental Meditation (it didn't work) to X is for Xmas (when a lot of this started) and beyond...

'In amongst the gags Judith explores the people her parents were and the impact of finding out - at twenty-five - that she was adopted. We meet Judith's birth mother by learn that ultimately it was her very unusual parents who made her who she is today.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 2 I Failed Judith Lucy , 2006 single work drama humour 'In 2004 Judith Lucy got herself a job as the host of a breakfast radio show for the country's biggest radio network in the nation's biggest market - Sydney. By the end of the 2004 Judith Lucy had been demoted to the drive shift and sent back to Melbourne. By the middle of 2005 Judith Lucy got sacked.' Source: http://www.canberraticketing.com.au/pages/event/performance438.asp (Sighted 14/06/2006).
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