"The story of Mary Poppins, the quintessentially English and utterly magical children's nanny, is remarkable enough: flying into the lives of the unsuspecting Banks family in a children's book that was instantly hailed as a classic; becoming a household name when made into a sta…
From childhood dreams of prostitution to her unabashed passion for heavy drinking, from growing up wide-eyed on the set of Australian soaps to her infatuation with Bob Ellis, these are the outrageously entertaining and deeply revealing reminiscences of a multimedia star.
From stalking and eventually meeting her Young Talent Time idol when she was twelve, to dalliances with streetwalkers, to a mildly perverse obsession with Bob Ellis, there is nothing Marieke Hardy won't write about. Voyeuristic, painful, hilarious and heartfelt, this book reveal…