Ordinary Funny Tragic
The hilarious new novel from the author of Trivial Grievances
$27.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
A darkly sharp, wryly funny and entirely delightful novel about bad mothers, problematic families, forgiveness and finally - reluctantly - growing up.
Crimson’s life has been indelibly shaped by her magnetic, clever, self-absorbed mother, Villy. When Crimson was nine, Villy fell in love with another man and left her marriage (and her children) for him. And now, as Crimson is on the cusp of turning thirty and single-parenting a three-year-old son (with all the messiness, chaos and love…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460759509 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1460759508 |
| Author: | Bridie Jabour |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 154mm x 242mm |
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Bridie Jabour
Bridie Jabour is Head of Multimedia at Guardian Australia. She has previously worked as a journalist for NewsCorp and Fairfax, where she has reported on social affairs, politics and regional issues. She has worked in the Canberra press gallery and was a reporter for Brisbane Times after starting her career at the Gold Coast Bulletin in Queensland.
Bridie writes commentary on feminism, inequality, and pop culture, and appears regularly on The Drum, Triple J and ABC Radio Sydney. She is the author of Trivial Grivances: On the contradictions, myths and misery of your 30s.
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