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Jenny Valentish

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Journalist Jenny Valentish is best known for her deep dives into the human psyche.

The Introvert’s Guide to Leaving the House (Affirm Press) is a more introspective successor to Everything Harder Than Everyone Else (Black Inc), which explored the fine line between hedonism and endurance, and her mea culpa memoir Woman of Substances (Black Inc) which was nominated for a Walkley. She has also written a novel, Cherry Bomb (Allen and Unwin), about a DUI girl band, and co-edited an anthology called Your Mother Would Be Proud (Allen and Unwin).

She writes for the Guardian, the ABC and The Age, and teaches memoir and journalism as a guest lecturer at universities, for literary events, and through her own workshops.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 827 ratings · 148 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Woman of Substances 4.16 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Letters by Marieke Hardy, Michaela McGuire (Editor), Helen Razer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cherry Bomb 3.36 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Harder Than Everyone Else: Why some of us push our bodies to extremes 3.89 avg rating — 66 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Introvert's Guide to Leaving the House: Solid advice for introverts, awkwards, sociophobes and stand-offishes 3.56 avg rating — 68 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brit-pulp! New Fast and Furious Stories from the Literary Underground by Tony White (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Moorcock (Contributor), Ted Lewis (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melbourne on Film: Cinema That Defines Our City by Melbourne International Film Festival, Shaad D’Souza (Contributor), Osman Faruqi (Contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Mother Would Be Proud: True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure by Tamara Sheward (Editor), Jenny Valentish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shalini Akhil (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment by Jenny Valentish (Goodreads Author), Imogen Wilde (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment by Jenny Valentish (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“the addiction industry in the US is estimated to be worth $35 billion.”
― Jenny Valentish, Woman of Substances

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