Richard Glover's just-published The Land Before Avocado is a wonderful and witty journey back in time to life in the early 1970s. Most of all, it will make you realise how far we've come - and how much further we can go. And leave you wondering how bizarre things were, not so long ago. The Land Before Avocado will make you laugh and cry, feel angry and inspired. It is also the land of staggeringly awful attitudes - often enshrined in law - towards anybody who didn't fit in. It's a place of funny clothing and food that was appalling, but amusingly so. Let's break the news now: they didn't have avocado. The Australia of the late '60s and early '70s. It's a vivid portrait of a quite peculiar land: a place that is scary and weird, dangerous and incomprehensible, and, now and then, surprisingly appealing. In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like? A funny and frank look at the way Australia used to be - and just how far we have come. And leave you wondering how bizarre things were, not so long ago.Most of all it will make you realise how far we've come - and how much further we can go.PRAISE'This is vintage Glover - warm, wise and very, very funny.The new book from the bestselling author of Flesh Wounds.

It also the land of staggeringly awful attitudes - often enshrined in law - towards anybody who didn't fit in.The Land Before Avocado will make you laugh and cry, be angry and inspired. The Australia of the late '60s and early '70s.Let's break the news now: they didn't have avocado.It's a place of funny clothing and food that was appalling, but amusingly so. It's a vivid portrait of a quite peculiar land: a place that is scary and weird, dangerous and incomprehensible, and, now and then, surprisingly appealing.It's the Australia of his childhood. 'Everyone could afford a house'.There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like?In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. The new book from the bestselling author of Flesh Wounds.

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