{"title":"Eighties","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"one-way-or-another-the-story-of-a-girl-who-loved-rock-starstrade-paperback","title":"One Way or Another by Nikki McWatters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA VIVID, HEARTFELT TRIP INTO THE HUMAN SIDE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL . . . PAINFULLY HONEST AND INSIGHTFUL, THIS IS A PUBERTY BLUES FOR THE '80S GENERATION.'\u003cbr\u003e\nRichard Lowenstein, director of  Dogs in Space  and  He Died with a Felafel in His Hand\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n \u003cp\u003eI looked down at this man who adorned the bedroom walls of girls all over the world. His eyes were spinning, his makeup was melting and he had the goofiest grin on his handsome face. This was what the Vulture Club was about. This was fun. This was as rock and roll as it got. I was bedding this rock god on behalf of every teenage girl who had ever imagined doing exactly this – and it felt fantastic.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n \u003cp\u003eIn 1981, fifteen-year-old Nikki McWatters is living in a Gold Coast suburb, dragging herself through humdrum schooldays and dreaming of losing her virginity to a rock star. With three friends she starts the Vulture Club for aspiring groupies – and so begins a festival of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. By day Nikki is a dutiful student; by night she collects rock stars, crawling out her bedroom window and sneaking backstage to meet the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Nikki gets older, her conquests get bigger and the stakes get higher. Soon she finds herself in Sydney, chasing an acting career and carousing with her idols. From Australian Crawl to INXS, Pseudo Echo to Duran Duran, she is living her teenage dream – but is the groupie life all it's cracked up to be?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eOne Way or Another  is a rollicking ride through a world of pub rock, big hair, wild nights and mornings after. With irrepressible humour and a bulging little black book, Nikki McWatters recalls an age when everything seemed possible – even if everything wasn't such a good idea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39619593371783,"sku":"9781863955560","price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/9781921870583_FC.jpg?v=1636455063"},{"product_id":"the-eighties-the-decade-that-transformed-australiahardback","title":"The Eighties by Frank Bongiorno","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America’s Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a time when Australians fought for social change – on union picket lines, at rallies for women’s rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement.\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd then there were the events that left many scratching their heads: Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn  The Eightie s, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He sheds new light on ‘both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘The definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade’ – George Megalogenis\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A very impressive achievement’ –  The Monthly \u003cbr\u003e\n‘Meaty and entertaining’ –  The Australian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39619597697159,"sku":"9781863957762","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/files\/eighties.png?v=1713314269"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.schwartzbooks.com.au\/collections\/eighties.oembed","provider":"Schwartz Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}