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  • Your Own Kind of Girl

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Clare Bowditch
  • Narrated by: Clare Bowditch
  • Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Your Own Kind of Girl

Written by: Clare Bowditch
Narrated by: Clare Bowditch
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Publisher's Summary

Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir.  

This is the story I promised myself, aged 21, that I would one day be brave enough - and well enough - to write.

Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her music and performing, this beloved Australian artist has touched hundreds of thousands of lives. But what of the stories she used to tell herself? That 'real life' begins only once you're thin or beautiful, that good things happen only to other people.  

Your Own Kind of Girl reveals a childhood punctuated by grief, anxiety and compulsion and tells how these forces shaped Clare's life for better and for worse. This is a heartbreaking, wise and at times playful memoir. Clare's own story told raw and as it happened. A reminder that even on the darkest of nights, victory is closer than it seems.  

With startling candour, Clare lays bare her truth in the hope that doing so will inspire anyone who's ever done battle with their inner critic. This is the work of a woman who has found her true power - and wants to pass it on. 

Happiness, we discover, is possible only when we take charge of the stories we tell ourselves. 

©2019 Clare Bowditch (P)2019 Story Baker Pty Ltd

What the critics say

"The words that kept coming to me over and over again as I read this book were authenticity and decency. Clare Bowditch made me feel how wonderful and difficult and amazing it is to be a human." (Leigh Sales)  

"Brutal at times but funny as f**k. This book will change a lot of lives for the better." (Bernard Fanning)  

"Reading this book felt as intimate as having a long, heart-breakingly vulnerable yet hilarious conversation with Clare by a fire with wine in hand. It is a celebration of the human struggle, how we can learn to befriend (and say "f**k off" to) our demons, and ultimately write our own story. There is so much hope in this book." (Missy Higgins)    

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Big, bold, beautiful and bravely honest.

Brilliant narration by the multi talented author. An honest and transparent look at her story.

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Connects years of feelings into validity

I recommend this book to anyone who feels like their life story doesn’t make sense or seem valid. I love hearing the author’s voice and how it seems to hug the listener even though there is a hard journey intertwined in the chapters. A book with music, love, (a lot of f#*!s) and even a special little family recipe that I ended making to celebrate my amazing life journey!

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