"Joooe... Jooooe! Come out, Joey baby," Rosie's mum Lisa chanted. She was trying to stab at her husband, Joe the Removalist's feet with a knife. Now it was up to a frightened young Rosie and her older sister to go and fetch help. After the passing of Rosie's dad, this was now the beginning of the end for Lisa's marriage to Joe. This point in time was also the beginning of Lisa's full decent into alcohol, often leaving Rosie and her sisters to fend for themselves. Rosie and Lisa now get to talk about that moment in time; about Lisa's then growing alcohol dependency, about that night with the knife and the recipe Rosie used to cook for herself which she still makes to this very day - "Rosie's Chicken Soup". Rosie Waterland's 'Crazy Lady' tour is touring Australia in September and October. For tickets, head to http://www.frontiercomedy.com/rosiewaterlandSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

"Joooe... Jooooe! Come out, Joey baby," Rosie's mum Lisa chanted. She was trying to stab at her husband, Joe the Removalist's feet with a knife. Now it was up to a frightened young Rosie and her older sister to go and fetch help. After the passing of Rosie's dad, this was now the beginning of the end for Lisa's marriage to Joe. This point in time was also the beginning of Lisa's full decent into alcohol, often leaving Rosie and her sisters to fend for themselves. Rosie and Lisa now get to talk about that moment in time; about Lisa's then growing alcohol dependency, about that night with the knife and the recipe Rosie used to cook for herself which she still makes to this very day - "Rosie's Chicken Soup". Rosie Waterland's 'Crazy Lady' tour is touring Australia in September and October. For tickets, head to http://www.frontiercomedy.com/rosiewaterland See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Joooe... Jooooe! Come out, Joey baby," Rosie's mum Lisa chanted. She was trying to stab at her husband, Joe the Removalist's feet with a knife. Now it was up to a frightened young Rosie and her older sister to go and fetch help. After the passing of Rosie's dad, this was now the beginning of the end for Lisa's marriage to Joe. This point in time was also the beginning of Lisa's full decent into alcohol, often leaving Rosie and her sisters to fend for themselves. Rosie and Lisa now get to talk about that moment in time; about Lisa's then growing alcohol dependency, about that night with the knife and the recipe Rosie used to cook for herself which she still makes to this very day - "Rosie's Chicken Soup". Rosie Waterland's 'Crazy Lady' tour is touring Australia in September and October. For tickets, head to http://www.frontiercomedy.com/rosiewaterlandSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Chapter 9: your mum will chase you with a butcher's knife

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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