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Home Truths: Myth Dusting by the Lady of the House

Home Truths: Myth Dusting by the Lady of the House

by Mandy Nolan
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/04/2015

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In Home Truths, comedian and author Mandy Nolan explores the significance of place in relationship to self, specifically what it is about home that is so intrinsic to our sense of self and what is says about our place in the world and our emotional, mental and spiritualwellbeing. This is a book about who we are in the place where we live, and why; It's about who we are when no-one is watching, when the doors are closed and the pants come off.

Mandy leaves no corner of our suburban psyches undisturbed in her clean-out of our comfort cobwebs, using her comedic talents to unearth insights buried behind closed doors, including:

Do share houses unleash the hidden and very messy inner monster hiding within us all?

What does your rental property say about your approach to life?

What will the neighbours learn by perving through your windows or rummaging through the leftover detritus of past relationships that now grace your garage sale?Have plasma tVs and plush-cushioned comfort made us fat?

It was on her knees unpacking the dishwasher that Nolan had one of her most important epiphanies. 'Life is not all about choice. Sometimes it's about subjugating one's own desires and ego at the service of the mundane. My daily rituals, my chores, the endless grind, this is the anvil that anchors my ego to the ground, that stops me floating skywards, becoming puffed up and unbearable...there are many people who would benefit from laundry therapy. I wonder when James Packer last washed his own undies?'

In Home truths, Mandy explores the symptoms and the roots of this love of comfort, tracing our deluded nostalgia for the past and the disappointment that is the result of going back to revisit the buildings and landmarks of your past. Everything seems so much smaller, stiller and less impressive. Places that were magical in childhood are exposed as ordinary in adulthood

ISBN:
9781925048377
9781925048377
Category:
Humour
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-04-2015
Publisher:
Finch Publishing
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
214x152x15mm
Weight:
0.29kg
Mandy Nolan

Mandy Nolan (right) is an author, stand up comedian, mother of five, MC and comedy instructor. She is a regular columnist for the Byron Shire Echo. She has appeared on ABC's Q&A, SBS's Mums The Word & About Women and is in demand as a corporate and club performer around the country.

Nolan performs regularly at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her shows selling out. Mandy was also invited to perform at the 2016 Upfront Gala at Melbourne Town Hall showcasing the brightest female talent at the festival. She is the author of three books and lives in Mullumbimby.

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