A Real Piece of Work Audiobook Libro.fm

This edition includes an additional essay exclusive to the audiobook

Language gave to me the body I knew was mine and brought into existence so many possibilities for what my gender can be

Across these twenty fresh and boldly intimate stories Erin Riley writes about the things that matter most family heartbreak humanity justice and swimming and the messy hard graft of becoming ones authentic self

In weaving together their everyday while questioning society and its structures Erin gifts us stories that double as a manifesto on how to disrupt and reinvent narrative identity love and community

Life is complicated messy and when small risks are taken even exhilarating In Erins hands we fall in love get curious and become exasperated with and sometimes charmed by the people in their life emerging with new perspectives on how to be in the world

Social worker and counsellor Erin Riley is a recipient of Penguin Random House Australias 2021 Write It fellowship program which aspires to find nurture and develop unpublished writers across all genres with a focus on underrepresented sections of our community