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From Lily's perspective Australian men are the worst men on the planet. In this fictional tale, Lily is at her prime dating age and decides to move to Australia. She quickly realizes that it is not what she bargained for due to the "uniqueness" of Australian males. To tell the world how she... read more

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This book delves into Lily’s experiences as well as Lily’s friends ‘experiences with Australian men. Its format is straight forward and simple to follow. Lily chose to name the chapters after behavioral themes she learned to recognize through her time living there and she backs up her... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This book delves into Lily’s experiences as well as Lily’s friends ‘experiences with Australian men. Its format is straight forward and simple to follow. Lily chose to name the chapters after behavioral themes she learned to recognize through her time living there and she backs up her categorizations of behavioral themes with her own and her friends’ stories (Sample Chapter Title, Mate Culture). It is written in a style that is sarcastic in a humorous way, self-pitying in a confident way, and intellectual in a way that only a Carrie (Sex in the City character who writes columns) could pull off given the Sex in the City Down Under tone of the book.

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An adventure has to start somewhere, and mine started at 29.

Table of Contents edit see section history

CHAPTER 1: AUSTRALIA BOUND .................................................. 1
CHAPTER 2: IGNORANCE ................................................................. 6
CHAPTER 3: WELCOME TO ‘STRALIA, MATE ........................... 12
CHAPTER 4: “MATE CULTURE” .................................................... 17
CHAPTER 5: LACK OF ROMANCE, MANNERS, AND
EVERYTHING ELSE A FEMALE VALUES IN A MAN .......... 25
CHAPTER 6: THE DRUNK BOOTY-CALL ..................................... 41
CHAPTER 7: THE AUSTRALIAN MALE LACK OF
CONFIDENCE AND GENERAL LAZINESS ............................. 43
CHAPTER 8: THE AUSSIE MALE DOUBLE-STANDARD ........... 47
CHAPTER 9: EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS, HUH? ...................... 56
CHAPTER 10: LILY’S LAW OF THREE AND FIVE ...................... 61
CHAPTER 11: BLUE-COLLAR AUSSIE GUY COMPARED TO
WHITE-COLLAR AUSSIE GUY ................................................. 65
CHAPTER 12: WHAT CHEATERS, AND PROUD! ........................ 67
CHAPTER 13: I BET YOU’RE NOT CURIOUS WHY I LEFT ....... 72
CHAPTER 14: BACK IN THE STATES – ANOTHER AUSSIE
GUY? ............................................................................................. 84
CHAPTER 15: CAN I SAY ANYTHING NICE ABOUT
AUSTRALIAN MEN? .................................................................. 92
CHAPTER 16: WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF ME ...................... 96
PROLOGUE ...................................................................................... 101

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  1. MacKenzie Connell (Author)

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