Roanna Gonsalves
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I mean, is that what this genre is inviting us to do?
Yeah, exactly.
In fact, like literally, it's almost like a new haircut and a great pair of boots.
It's going to help you get past these really entrenched problems.
And we should say this is, as you've said, a pleasurable read.
It's lovely, clear-eyed writing.
Its sentence structure is just, you know, it makes reading effortless and it just draws you along.
It's got a slightly madcap feel because of that, because you read it so quickly.
It
That accelerates the humour as well.
But when the words Reese Witherspoon are involved, sometimes they do come true.
It's going to be a big one with book clubs, I reckon.
Hi, Rowena.
Also joining us is press gallery journalist and political pundit, Dennis Atkins, from Brisbane's Courier Mail.
He's also a regular on ABC TV's The Insiders.
You might have seen him there.
Hello, Dennis.
Hi, Kate.
Hi, Cassie.
I was amazed over summer by how many people were reading it or intending to or had read it.