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'Corey White was a golden child. He knew this because his father would hit his mother and his sisters but not him. And his mother adored him so much she let him drop out of primary school.

'After losing his father to jail and his mother to heroin, though, he became a target for cruelty and dysfunction in foster homes. A scholarship to a prestigious boarding school lifted him out of foster care and awakened a love of learning and reading for him, but this was soon overwhelmed by a crushing depression and drug addiction.

'Through it all, he kept thinking - sometimes hoping, sometimes fearing - that he was destined for something bigger. Would he find salvation in the halls of a university, or a poetically grimy crack den, or through love? Or would the golden glow that had been in him since childhood ultimately fade, leaving only darkness and ruin?

'The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory is a memoir of trauma and survival that will break your heart and then show you how to rebuild it. It is a powerful, lyrical and darkly funny debut from one of Australia's brightest young comedians.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hamish Hamilton , 2019 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
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      • Published 16 July 2019.

      ISBN: 9780670079346, 9781760142544
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2020 .
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      Extent: 277p.
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      • Published: 18th August 2020
      ISBN: 9781760899134

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The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White Erich Mayer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , December 2019;

— Review of The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory Corey White , 2019 single work autobiography

'White tells his story with a disarming utter frankness.'

The Horse That Bolted Liam Pieper , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 October 2019; (p. 22)

— Review of The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory Corey White , 2019 single work autobiography

'Corey White forged a life from broken beginnings. His stand-up comedy and his first book draw on a timeline of personal horrors, writes Liam Pieper'  (Introduction)

Corey White on Childhood Trauma, Foster Care and Comedy : ‘It’s a Factory for the Insane’ Jenny Valentish , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 July 2019;

'The Melbourne comic discusses the foster mother who ‘broke’ him, his complex PTSD diagnosis, and how he found solace in drugs, comedy and writing his memoir.'  (Article summary)

The Horse That Bolted Liam Pieper , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 October 2019; (p. 22)

— Review of The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory Corey White , 2019 single work autobiography

'Corey White forged a life from broken beginnings. His stand-up comedy and his first book draw on a timeline of personal horrors, writes Liam Pieper'  (Introduction)

The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White Erich Mayer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , December 2019;

— Review of The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory Corey White , 2019 single work autobiography

'White tells his story with a disarming utter frankness.'

Corey White on Childhood Trauma, Foster Care and Comedy : ‘It’s a Factory for the Insane’ Jenny Valentish , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 July 2019;

'The Melbourne comic discusses the foster mother who ‘broke’ him, his complex PTSD diagnosis, and how he found solace in drugs, comedy and writing his memoir.'  (Article summary)

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