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Whether it's trying to discourage her handsome personal karate expert, Gary Hammer, from bringing helicopter parts home from the tip, fending off giant lizards in the laundry shed or bouncing along dirt tracks on a tiny scooter with 3 dogs on board, this long-awaited collection of Anna Johnson's 'Don't Try This At Home' humour columns from 'The Meekatharra Dust' features some new pieces, extended versions, old favourites and plenty of laughs as she describes the daily madness of living in her adopted - and slightly feral - remote outback town.
"Bloody funny . . . yer got any smokes?" - Old Mate
"Sister Betty had quite a giggle, even at the rude bits." - the nuns
"Please help me." - Gary Hammer
About the author
A M H Johnson started writing at her all-girls boarding school in Pennsylvania as a means to pass the time during detention, then continued onto college at Georgia Southern University, where she majored in English Literature and minored in Writing. She currently works at a CPA firm in the Atlanta area, and lives in the suburbs with her husband, their daughter and two dogs.
