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y separately published work icon For Better, for Worse and for Lunch single work   novel   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 For Better, for Worse and for Lunch
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'A born city girl, Jessica Body comes to "Boolaroo" as a young bride, with her only experience of the great outdoors "going from the shop to the tram". She has a lot to learn... Jessie's diary tells of her struggles to overcome isolation, loneliness, drought, bushfire, storms and all the trials of a farming life. Funny, light-hearted and down-to-earth, For Better, For Worse and for Lunch is full of energy, zest and keen observations on the many differences between city and country life. Christina Hindhaugh lives in the "red gum" country of Western Victoria with her farmer husband and three children. Christina has written for Farm magazine, the Age and the West Australian, and is the author of Life Wasn't Meant to be Easy (a biography of tamie Fraser) and the bestselling I Love a Sunburnt torso. She is also well-known as a professional public speaker and travels widely around Australia promoting the lives and experiences of country women.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Julia, Eda and James.
  • Epigraph: 'It's just an ordinary diary then? ... It isn't about your spiritual life?' 'This is the spiritual life; the ordinary things one does from hour to hour.' The Black Tower, P. D. James.
  • Also published in braille and sound recording formats. Discussion notes available.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1992 .
      image of person or book cover 6463019778256258495.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 184p.
      ISBN: 0207175411 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

The Good Life Brought Down to Earth Dennis Davison , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 1992; (p. rev 7)

— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel ; Jumping at the Moon Venero Armanno , 1992 selected work short story ; Rock 'n' Roll Heroes Peter Skrzynecki , 1992 selected work short story
City Girl's Country Humour Sue Walton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 27 June 1992; (p. 48)

— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel
Wet Puns Out West Helen O'Shea , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 1992; (p. C12)

— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel
Forecasts Claire Mills , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 71 no. 1025 1992; (p. 28)

— Review of Woman of the Inner Sea Thomas Keneally , 1992 single work novel ; For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel ; Lovers' Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel Marion Halligan , 1992 single work novel
Deadly Serious Humor Anne Latreille , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 23 September 1992; (p. 4)
Forecasts Claire Mills , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 71 no. 1025 1992; (p. 28)

— Review of Woman of the Inner Sea Thomas Keneally , 1992 single work novel ; For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel ; Lovers' Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel Marion Halligan , 1992 single work novel
Wet Puns Out West Helen O'Shea , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 1992; (p. C12)

— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel
City Girl's Country Humour Sue Walton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 27 June 1992; (p. 48)

— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel
The Good Life Brought Down to Earth Dennis Davison , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 1992; (p. rev 7)

— Review of For Better, for Worse and for Lunch Christina Hindhaugh , 1992 single work novel ; Jumping at the Moon Venero Armanno , 1992 selected work short story ; Rock 'n' Roll Heroes Peter Skrzynecki , 1992 selected work short story
Deadly Serious Humor Anne Latreille , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 23 September 1992; (p. 4)
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