A brief letter of introduction
Chapter 1: Happiness
Chapter 2: When I was five
Chapter 3: Your own kind of girl
Chapter 4: Amazing life
Chapter 5: Thin skin
Chapter 6: Storms and other weather patterns
Chapter 7: The thing about grief
Chapter 8: God and Frank
Chapter 9: Empty pockets
Chapter 10: The story of music
Chapter 11: On this side
Chapter 12: Human being
Epilogue
Additional resources
Acknowledgements
Clare Bowditch is a storyteller who lives in Melbourne with her husband Marty, their three teenage children, a white groodle, and one lone surviving free-ranging guinea pig. In terms of 'the fancy stuff', Bowditch is a bestselling ARIA Award-winning musician (Best Female Artist), Rolling Stone Woman of the Year (Contribution to Culture), Logie-nominated actor (for her role as 'Rosanna' on hit TV show Offspring), and a former ABC broadcaster who still misses her talk-back callers very much, and hopes they're doing okay out there. In her spare time, Bowditch does a lot of public-speaking and event-running. She uses humour and the collective terror of 'public-singing' as tools to teach skills around courage and self-leadership. She is also the founder Big Hearted Business, a love project designed to support creative people in their businesses, and businesses with their creative thinking. As a musician Clare has performed and toured with the likes of Leonard Cohen, Paul Kelly, Cat Power, John Butler, Snow Patrol and Gotye. The person she enjoys touring with the most is her drummer and husband, Marty Brown.
'The words that kept coming to me over again as I read this book
were authenticity and decency. Clare Bowditch made me feel how
wonderful and difficult and amazing it is to be a human.' LEIGH
SALES
'Reading this book felt as intimate as having a long,
heart-breakingly vulnerable yet hilarious conversation with Clare
by a fire with wine in hand. It is a celebration of the human
struggle, how we can learn to befriend (and say "f@#k off" to) our
demons, and ultimately write our own story. There is so much hope
in this book.' MISSY HIGGINS
'Clare Bowditch opens her heart and history with staggering
generosity - unpicking the birth of her creativity and the early
scars that forged her. Much like the woman herself, YOUR OWN KIND
OF GIRL is unflinching, entertaining, inspiring and real. I inhaled
this book.' KAT STEWART
'This book is like a life-buoy, tossed across a generation by a
sick and frightened young woman, who grew up to be Clare Bowditch.
An extraordinary tale, faithfully remembered and generously told.
What a woman. A transfixing and powerful memoir.' ANNABEL CRABB
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