Hannie Rayson

As the subtitle suggests, this is a book of scenes, rather than a conventional memoir. Rayson is a lovely writer - witty and warm - but the stories didn't always engage me, and some moments left me irritated (e.g. the author lamenting that she can't just have the simple life of a bank worker, the hilariously priggish dismissal of graffiti in Fitzroy, buying shark fins to cook with).

This is a play written by Australian, Hannie Rayson, and produced by LATW and is part of the AudioSync File summer 2021 program. I frankly don't like LATW stuff but did listen to this one today. The negatives is the use of profanity/swearing/sexual content for a book offered to youth. What I enjoyed; the subject matter of animal endangered for extinction and the battles of environmentalist and the money that big business can offer (sleeping with the enemy), also the exploration of the show more illness of pets and whether to save or euthanize. I read this because it fit my bingo square for less than 20 LT members. show less

A delightul book full of tales from writer Hannie Rayon's often hilarious life. The contents page was great and I enjoyed the way it read like a collection of short stories. Very well done!

This didn't quite win me over. It was sort of interesting but I'm not quite sure what the point was supposed to be. It covers environmental stuff, relationships, an incurable disease, business stuff, endangered species, people hooking up....It was kind of all over the place. It's a play so maybe it's meant to watch being acted out instead of just read.