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When London editor Georgia Abbott comes to Sydney to work on Glow, a glossy woman's magazine, she has high hopes for a bright new start. Leaving behind a broken heart (her own) and a philandering ex-fiancé, she's looking forward to immersing herself in the Tim Tam-eating sisterhood of woman's mags. Not to mention being whisked off into the dusty Australian sunset by a suntanned, Akubra-hatted fantasy man. At first, things seem promising, as Georgia is swept up in a whirl of A-list parties, dancing, dinners and debauchery. But while Australian water may go down the plughole the other way, Australian men are starting to look all too familiar. And then there's the chaotic bunch of women Georgia works with on Glow, to whom every relationship disaster is a potential article, not least of all Georgia's, whose quest for love is fast becoming headline material. What to do? (Source: Trove)
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Dedication: In memory of Douglas Alderson.
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Epigraph: Kookaburra sits on the electric wire, / Jumping up and down with his pants on fire. (Children's rhyme, Australian).
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Works about this Work
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Pants on Fire by Maggie Alderson
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2009;
— Review of Pants on Fire 2000 single work novel -
Spine
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 September 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Pants on Fire 2000 single work novel ; Chick for a Day : What Would You Do If You Were One? 2000 anthology short story poetry -
Wolf in Designer Sheep's Clothing
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 August 2000; (p. 12)
— Review of Pants on Fire 2000 single work novel ; The White Star 2000 single work novel -
Female Fame Fiction
2000
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 April 2000; (p. 2-3)
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Wolf in Designer Sheep's Clothing
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 August 2000; (p. 12)
— Review of Pants on Fire 2000 single work novel ; The White Star 2000 single work novel -
Spine
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 September 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Pants on Fire 2000 single work novel ; Chick for a Day : What Would You Do If You Were One? 2000 anthology short story poetry -
Pants on Fire by Maggie Alderson
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2009;
— Review of Pants on Fire 2000 single work novel -
Female Fame Fiction
2000
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 April 2000; (p. 2-3)
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