Falling in love is like going to the doctor and being told that you need to put on weight. You feel elated.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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Australian-British author
Australia · b. 1958
Born in Australia, Kathy Lette, 65, co-wrote her first novel, Puberty Blues, when she was 17. It was published in 1979 and became a film and TV series. She moved to the UK in the late 80s and went on to write international bestsellers. Her titles include Girls’ Night Out, Foetal Attraction, Mad Cows, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, and The Revenge Club, which has just been published. She is an ambassador for Ambitious About Autism and the National Autistic Society. She has two children and lives between London and Sydney.
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Falling in love is like going to the doctor and being told that you need to put on weight. You feel elated.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
As a writer who championed women with grit and wit.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Not winning any literary prizes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Hitchhiking across Australia as a teenager, relying on the kindness of passing serial killers.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Bedpan emptier in a hospital.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
My own books being discounted. Oh, and sharks. The reason we Aussies swim so fast is because something much bigger is always trying to eat us.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
I can’t cook. I use my smoke alarm as a timer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
People who pretend to have perfect marriages. Perfect marriages are like orgasms – many of them are faked.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
When the book of my enemy was discounted.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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