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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The First Third
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'Life is made up of three parts: in the first third, you're embarrassed by your family; in the second, you make a family of your own; and in the end, you just embarrass the family you've made.

That's how Billy's grandmother explains it, anyway. She's given him her bucket list (cue embarrassment), and now, it's his job to glue their family back together.

No pressure or anything.

Fixing his family's not going to be easy and Billy's not ready for change. But as he soon discovers, the first third has to end some time. And then what?

It's a Greek tragedy waiting to happen.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin Books , 2013 .
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      Extent: 208p.
      Reprinted: 2016
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      • Published: 24/07/2013
      ISBN: 0143568175, 9780143568179, 9780143568179, 0143568175, 9781742535975 (ebook)

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Writing Their Way to Fame Katharine England , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2014; (p. 58)
Review : The First Third Maryanne Hyde , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2013; (p. 62)

— Review of The First Third Will Kostakis , 2013 single work novel
[Review] The First Third Natalie Crawford , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 14)

— Review of The First Third Will Kostakis , 2013 single work novel
[Review] The First Third Natalie Crawford , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 14)

— Review of The First Third Will Kostakis , 2013 single work novel
Review : The First Third Maryanne Hyde , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2013; (p. 62)

— Review of The First Third Will Kostakis , 2013 single work novel
Writing Their Way to Fame Katharine England , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2014; (p. 58)
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