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008			111103s2011 nz a b 000 edeng
020			_a9780143566700 (pbk.) : _c$36.00
020			_a9780143566700 (pbk.)
020			_a0143566709 (pbk.)
035			_a(NLNZils)1526770
035			_a(Nz)13917802
035			_a(OCoLC)759585314
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn759585314
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100	1		_aMathias, Peta.
245	1	0	_aBeat till stiff : _ba woman's recipe for living / _cPeta Mathias.
260			_aAuckland, N.Z. : _bPenguin Books, _c2011.
300			_a261 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c20 cm.
500			_a"Peta covers topics she considers important, naughty or personal, all with a bent towards life's many transformations. Some of the essays ... are scurrilous, many are funny and others autobiographical, but all are thoroughly entertaining."--Dust jacket.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261).
505	0		_aWhy redheads have more fun -- How I stopped strangling my mother -- Letter to my much younger self -- Deactivating the amygdala -- Eat, sing, love -- My brush with mental illness -- Channelling Edith -- Tattooed lady -- How to buy hope -- How to control the universe with egg whites.
520			_a"Razor-witted, wise and just a touch scandalous, Beat till Stiff covers topics that Peta considers important, entertaining, naughty or personal. With chapters on why redheads have more fun, how egg whites provide a metaphor for living and how Peta stopped strangling her mother, the eagerly awaited follow-up to Can We Help it if We're Fabulous? and Just in Time to be too Late, is a book about the universal themes that affect all women."--Publisher's description.
600	1	0	_aMathias, Peta.
650		0	_aWomen _xConduct of life.
650		0	_aLife.
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