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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 The Skin I’m In
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'A feisty, funny and poignant novel - about being 17; being Indigenous and navigating high school, cultural and personal expectations and responsibility - by proud Yidinji woman Steph Tisdell, writer, actor and one of the brightest stars of Australian comedy.

'Layla is in her final year of school. It's the last year to make sure that the next major phase of her life begins correctly because she's got big plans.

'All Layla wants to do is fit in and be a normal teenager but when her troubled cousin Marley comes to stay, he unwittingly challenges everything she thought she was. Plus she's trying to work out what it means to be Indigenous, she's falling in love and her best friend Amy has a new best friend.

'Steph Tisdell's words sparkle with humour, depth and authenticity in this extraordinary debut novel which explores cultural and personal expectations, and responsibilities.' (Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Form: audiobook
    • Tullamarine, Keilor - Sunshine area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Macmillan Australia Audio , 2024 .
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      Extent: 7 hrs and 2 minsp.
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      • Published 20 September 2024

Works about this Work

Steph Tisdell : The Skin I’m In Linda Godfrey , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2024;

— Review of The Skin I’m In Steph Tisdell , 2024 single work novel

Comedian Steph Tisdell’s first novel tackles serious issues in this story of growing up in a First Nations family.

Show Your Working : Steph Tisdell Steph Tisdell , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2024;
Comedian Steph Tisdell on Her Debut Novel The Skin I'm In and Using Storytelling to Speak Truth to Power Rudi Bremer , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2024;

'Overnight success takes years, but Ydinji comedian-turned-actor Steph Tisdell can almost pinpoint the moment everything changed for her.'

Steph Tisdell : The Skin I’m In Linda Godfrey , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2024;

— Review of The Skin I’m In Steph Tisdell , 2024 single work novel

Comedian Steph Tisdell’s first novel tackles serious issues in this story of growing up in a First Nations family.

Comedian Steph Tisdell on Her Debut Novel The Skin I'm In and Using Storytelling to Speak Truth to Power Rudi Bremer , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2024;

'Overnight success takes years, but Ydinji comedian-turned-actor Steph Tisdell can almost pinpoint the moment everything changed for her.'

Show Your Working : Steph Tisdell Steph Tisdell , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2024;
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