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By: Melina Marchetta
Narrated by: Marcella Russo
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 Award-winning Australian author Melina Marchetta has created a strong and sassy role model in Josephine, whom girls with growing pains on both sides of the Pacific will love.

Josephine Alibrandi is 17 and in her final year of school. Dealing with her mum and the ways of her Nonna are daunting enough as she prepares for her exams. But Josie is about to discover real life gets in the way of her carefully-made plans. She suddenly has to deal with having her father around for the first time in her life, falling in love, and uncovering her family's secret background. Despite all the turmoil, this is the year Josie discovers that emancipation doesn't mean escaping from your past. Sometimes you need to face up to who you are in order to set yourself free.

©1992 Melina Marchetta (P)1998 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd by arrangement with Penguin Books Australia and Beyond Miall and Kershaw Films Pty Ltd Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV Women's Voices Entertainment

Critic Reviews

"In articulate, passionate prose, Marchetta weaves the intricate web of Josephine's relationships, juxtaposing her revelations about her family history against current crises." (Publishers Weekly)
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Melina writes in such a soulful, real and humorous way. Absolutely loved every second of it.

Awesome!

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I love this epic wog tale! Marcella Russo reads it so well, such a joy to listen.

Obsessed

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The story is very entertaining and quite nostalgic for 90s kids. But the reciter isn't quite so good at changing voices from different characters so sometimes you're left wondering who said which line.

Wonderful story!

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