Scared Angry Laughing
or How to save the world
$26.99
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2026
Summary
‘I am opposed to lots of things: capitalism, misogyny, the manufacture of armaments. Nevertheless, I am essentially a good girl. My mother trained me to pay close attention.’
In Scared Angry Laughing, Margaret Merrilees shares a lifetime of attempts to heal the world. She turns up punctually for collective meetings and protests. She tries to explain sex to small giggling boys. She calculates how to get across the country with the least carbon emissions.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781763847507 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1763847500 |
| Author: | Margaret Merrilees |
| Publisher: | Pink Shorts Press |
| Imprint: | Pink Shorts Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 136mm x 209mm |
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Margaret Merrilees
Margaret Merrilees is the author of two novels, The First Week and Big Rough Stones, and two collections of Fables Queer & Familiar (with Chia Moan). The First Week won the Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award and was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award and a NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Her idiosyncratic essays, which combine memoir, history and social commentary, have appeared in Meanjin, Island, Wet Ink and Griffith Review and elsewhere. She lives in Adelaide, Kaurna Yerta.
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