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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Before You Met Me
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'No matter how hard he tried, Alan Close couldn't stay in a relationship. Then, at the age of 43, after yet another breakup, he decided he was going to find out what was going wrong and make a change. What followed was a painful yet ultimately revelatory process of looking back into the past - where memories of his childhood and early relationships where darkened by a long-forgotten secret he had failed to admit even to himself. Beautifully written, in a narrative that is utterly compelling, this is a non-fiction first - a male memoir about relationships that is impossible to put down, sure to hold up a mirror to male readers and provide a rare insight to women.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2008 .
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      Extent: xiv, 369p.p.
      ISBN: 9781741661866 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Anne Denny , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 April 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Before You Met Me Alan Close , 2008 single work autobiography
Too Close for Comfort Sacha Molitorisz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2008; (p. 31)

— Review of Before You Met Me Alan Close , 2008 single work autobiography
Memoir Dianne Dempsey , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 February 2008; (p. 28)

— Review of Before You Met Me Alan Close , 2008 single work autobiography
Memoir Dianne Dempsey , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 February 2008; (p. 28)

— Review of Before You Met Me Alan Close , 2008 single work autobiography
Too Close for Comfort Sacha Molitorisz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2008; (p. 31)

— Review of Before You Met Me Alan Close , 2008 single work autobiography
Untitled Anne Denny , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 April 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Before You Met Me Alan Close , 2008 single work autobiography
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