Set in inner Melbourne over two summers, Monkey Grip is a frank portrayal of a divorced mother who is attempting to cope with both her thirteen-year-old daughter and her own relationship with a drug addict, while also trying to get into the music business. As she battles to regain control of her life, we meet an array of talented and reckless musicians, actors, and writers, all of whom play a part in her world and most of whom refuse to live by society's rules.
'The woman’s name is Nora, and she’s getting out of the pool when she goes to look at the guy she’s seeing and sees something better: a sexy stranger, Javo, who radiates a type of bruisy depth. He hangs back near the famous sign, AQUA PROFONDA, while Nora and the guy she’s seeing, Martin, do their thing. He looks like he’ll be trouble, but not the bad kind of trouble; the kind it might be interesting to catch.' (Introduction)
No Picnic : An Autobiography
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
1995
Z1224962
1995
single work
autobiography
'Monkey Grip'
Perth
:
Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University)
,
2007
Z1670631
2007
single work
criticism
Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Monkey Grip (1982). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
