{"product_id":"9780007305599","title":"Mistakes In The Background","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet - the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is much more than a diary.This is my map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this autobiography, Dockrill presents her personal experiences and memoirs in a way that's both engaging and revealing. It's a short, best-of compilation of her life, thoughts, and the characters she's met along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Dockrill, Read by Laura Dockrill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889162801301,"sku":"9780007305599","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007305599.jpg?v=1776888196","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007305599","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}