Book Contents

Chapter One

• Let’s Pedal 
• There Goes the Neighbourhood
• Family Snaps
• My Darling Josie
• Is There a Psychiatrist in the House? 
• Preschool
• Bikes
• Tears
• Juliette

Chapter Two

• Kindergarten
• ‘Little-kid Speak’
• But Whyyy? 
• Fireworks
• Sex Education
• My Deepest, Darkest Secret
• Bad Rudies
• The Wonder Years? 

Chapter Three

• Bullies
• Afternoon Telly
• Towering Teenagers
• Religion
• Mum
• Dad
• Christmas

Chapter Four

• Simple Times – Simple Pleasures
• The Valiant
• ‘The Dubbo Incident’
• Five-Star Family World Trips
• Night of Nights

Chapter Five

• Good Boy, Bad Boy
• Punishment
• Independence Days
• Wait For Me! Wait For Me!
• A White-bread World
• Favourite Foods
• Not On Bread Alone

Chapter Six

• Epping, Epicentre of Nowhere
• Sunday Afternoon Parties!
• My Birthday
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Drink It, Freddy, Drink It
• The Easter Show!

Chapter Seven

• The Thunderbirds on a Saturday Morning!
• Sport, Sport and More Sport
• Aussie Cop Shows!
• The Midday Movie
• Summer Feet
• Big Boy

Chapter Eight

• Fun For Nothing
• Neighbours
• The Suburban Unthinkable
• A Better Life
• Goodbye, Little Boy
• Sleep-overs!

Chapter Nine

• Catch and Kiss
• What I Did For Love
• Childhood Smells
• Childhood Sounds
• Star Wars!
• DIY

Chapter Ten

• Dress-ups
• My Heroes
• The Remarkable Joe
• Teachers
• Payback Time
• Higher Education
• The Hand-me-down System

Chapter Eleven

• Siii-lent Night
• My Special Old Girl
• New Year’s Eve!
• The End of the Seventies
• Changing Tastes
• The Revenge of the Brevilles
• Seventies Crazes
• Seventies Fashions!
• Seventies Spunks

Chapter Twelve

• Inheritance
• The Landmine
• My Favourite Place
• The Beginning of the End
• Rites of Passage
• Involuntary Acts
• New Taboos
• A Trip to the Seaside

Chapter Thirteen

• Part of It
• ‘Finishing’ School
• All the World’s a Stage
• Comedy
• The Immortality of Youth
• The Opposite Number
• Nails
• The Last Birthday Party
• So Long, Josie

Chapter Fourteen

• A New Decade
• What’s It All About?
• Welcome to the Jungle
• Play the Game
• The Music of the Suburbs
• Goodbye, Crackernight
• As Promised, Back Home In Toime For Tea
• A Final Look Back