It starts off with a prickly question from an attendee to host Rosie Waterland's 4th birthday party. But how is a child to know to all the answers about Mum's personal life at that age? Rosie did eventually work out that mum Lisa worked as an escort, but how Lisa got there and what she actually did has been a mystery to Rosie until now. At that same time in Lisa's life, she was also coming to terms with the fact that she was adopted out. Reuniting with her own birth mother was not all roses..See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

It starts off with a prickly question from an attendee to host Rosie Waterland's 4th birthday party. But how is a child to know to all the answers about Mum's personal life at that age? Rosie did eventually work out that mum Lisa worked as an escort, but how Lisa got there and what she actually did has been a mystery to Rosie until now. At that same time in Lisa's life, she was also coming to terms with the fact that she was adopted out. Reuniting with her own birth mother was not all roses.. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It starts off with a prickly question from an attendee to host Rosie Waterland's 4th birthday party. But how is a child to know to all the answers about Mum's personal life at that age? Rosie did eventually work out that mum Lisa worked as an escort, but how Lisa got there and what she actually did has been a mystery to Rosie until now. At that same time in Lisa's life, she was also coming to terms with the fact that she was adopted out. Reuniting with her own birth mother was not all roses..See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Chapter 2:  your mum will be a sex worker, and you'll have no idea

In 2015, Rosie Waterland published her first book, a memoir called "The Anti-Cool Girl".  The book is about her childhood, her growing up, and her becoming an adult;  all with mentally ill, drug and alcohol addicted parents, child protection, foster care, caravans and couches.  There were crazy and very difficult times but also some funny times too.  Rosie is 30 now, her mum Lisa is now 53.  Since the book came out, the one question Rosie is always asked is more than any other is, "Has your Mum read the book?"

Lisa hadn't read it for a while, because her drinking was so bad that she physically or emotionally couldn't.  But in 2016, Lisa got sober.  She has maintained that sobriety for the longest period Rosie has ever seen and.. she has finally read the book.  She has many thoughts.

The first of which is that most of Rosie's memoir is a lie. 

 Now is their time to talk all about it.  In each episode Rosie reads a chapter from the book, and then Rosie and Lisa talk through it - is it all true or false?  What really happened?  Each chapter becomes a real conversation about the past, present and future for Rosie and Lisa.

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In 2015, Rosie Waterland published her first book, a memoir called "The Anti-Cool Girl". The book is about her childhood, her growing up, and her becoming an adult; all with mentally ill, drug and alcohol addicted parents, child protection, foster care, caravans and couches. There were crazy and very difficult times but also some funny times too. Rosie is 30 now, her mum Lisa is now 53. Since the book came out, the one question Rosie is always asked is more than any other is, "Has your Mum read the book?" Lisa hadn't read it for a while, because her drinking was so bad that she physically or emotionally couldn't. But in 2016, Lisa got sober. She has maintained that sobriety for the longest period Rosie has ever seen and.. she has finally read the book. She has many thoughts. The first of which is that most of Rosie's memoir is a lie. Now is their time to talk all about it. In each episode Rosie reads a chapter from the book, and then Rosie and Lisa talk through it - is it all true or false? What really happened? Each chapter becomes a real conversation about the past, present and future for Rosie and Lisa.

In 2015, Rosie Waterland published her first book, a memoir called "The Anti-Cool Girl".  The book is about her childhood, her growing up, and her becoming an adult;  all with mentally ill, drug and alcohol addicted parents, child protection, foster care, caravans and couches.  There were crazy and very difficult times but also some funny times too.  Rosie is 30 now, her mum Lisa is now 53.  Since the book came out, the one question Rosie is always asked is more than any other is, "Has your Mum read the book?"

Lisa hadn't read it for a while, because her drinking was so bad that she physically or emotionally couldn't.  But in 2016, Lisa got sober.  She has maintained that sobriety for the longest period Rosie has ever seen and.. she has finally read the book.  She has many thoughts.

The first of which is that most of Rosie's memoir is a lie.&nbsp;

&nbsp;Now is their time to talk all about it.  In each episode Rosie reads a chapter from the book, and then Rosie and Lisa talk through it - is it all true or false?  What really happened?  Each chapter becomes a real conversation about the past, present and future for Rosie and Lisa.

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