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Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life'

Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life'

Update: 2024-06-23
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Some people are born into bad situations, some people have bad situations thrust upon them, and some people find bad situations through their dodgy choices, lack of information and personal idiosyncrasies. Julia’s life sits at the intersection of all three.

From high school dropout on a psych ward to card-carrying lesbian on a motorbike, from enduring a controlling relationship with her ex-lover’s brother to being chased by a media scrum outside a Perth court, the life of beloved children’s author Julia Lawrinson is stranger than fiction – and she draws on all her power as a storyteller to turn a life of intense headlines into a wild, marvellous tale.

In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Julia Lawrinson about a childhood characterised by domestic dysfunction and intergenerational misery, and how her love of reading and writing became both an escape and a pathway to a career as an award-winning author of books for children and young adults.
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Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life'

Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life'

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