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Shannon lives in Minneapolis and calls her mother by her first name, Flo, and the mother-daughter interaction has a comforting and yet wry familiarity for any woman, whether living in Melbourne, Manchester or Marseilles. From the frequent phone calls when they're not living together to Shannon not listening to fashion or hair advice when they are in the same house, the exchanges recorded here will not only make you fall off the sofa laughing but also remind you how infuriating mothers can be, however much you love them. When Shannon begins "to grow out her leg and armpit hair" Flo wants to know, in a typical motherly fashion, "...who is dictating the aesthetic of your bikini line? ... Who's controlling that?"
However, by calling her mother by her first name, Flo, and worrying about her mother's old age and unhappiness, Shannon is trying hard to be grown up and motherly herself. It is not until near the end of the novel that her counsellor points that "every child, no matter how old, deserves to have a mother, someone who will cradle them when they need to be cradled". Welcome to my Planet is a unique reminder of that, in an inimitable style, where the language is wholly recognisable, even if English is only "sometimes spoken". --Olivia Dickinson
‘You just can’t get through this book without laughing and nodding knowingly. Comic, candid and completely compelling’ – Essentials
‘An hilarious take on mother-daughter relationships’ – Company
‘Olsen’s observations are elegantly written as well as witty and engaging’ – Times Metro
‘Welcome to My Planet is a hilarious and honest look at what it means to be a young woman’ – Shopsmart.com
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