‘I reckon I can handle it,’ I tell him. Then I go inside to share my good news with my family.
For Tatiana Frances – writer, ‘mailer’, dreamer.
A Year In Girl Hell published in 2011 by
Hardie Grant Egmont
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Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
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EISBN 978 1 742735 38 2
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