My Wonderful Disgrace
An edgy new YA novel from the bestselling authors of Stuck Up & Stupid
Age 14+
Romance & Relationships Stories
A funny, edgy dark comedy of errors – the highly anticipated second novel from best-selling authors Angourie and Kate Rice.
Amy Middleton has all her plans in place for the school ball – the perfect designer dress, the perfect dream date, the perfect night.
When Leo Prince finally agrees to go with her, success seems assured, and the night belongs to Amy.
But fate, it seems, has other plans, and with the buzz of an unexpected text, her perfect night begins to unravel.
In the second novel from acclaimed Australian mother-daughter duo Angourie Rice and Kate Rice, brutally honest journal entries, texts, interviews and school newsletters slowly reveal a night gone terribly and hilariously wrong.
My Wonderful Disgrace is a deliciously dark comedy of errors about unrequited love, manipulation, misunderstandings and the tragic fate of one innocent goat.
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Creators
Angourie Rice is an actor with international feature film and television credits, including Mean Girls, Mare of Easttown, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Black Mirror and Ladies in Black. Angourie also writes, produces and hosts a literary podcast, The Community Library.
Kate Rice is an AWGIE award-winning playwright with a PhD in ethical creative process and experience writing theatre with and for young people. Her work has been commissioned by Melbourne City of Literature, Curtin University, Deckchair Theatre, Barking Gecko Theatre, Darwin Theatre Company, Darwin High School and Corrugated Iron Youth Arts.
Reviews
From a miscalculated romantic encounter to a disastrous text message that spreads too widely, Amy’s carefully constructed night quickly unravels. Add an unfortunate incident involving an innocent goat and a series of betrayals from peers and teachers alike, and the perfect evening becomes a perfect storm. The mother-daughter writing duo tells the story at a lively pace, using a creative mix of diary entries, text messages, interviews and school newsletters to piece together the disastrous night. They capture the social pressure that teenagers face, from the desire to fit in to the challenge of staying true to themselves in the digital age. My Wonderful Disgrace is a must read for anyone aged 14 and over who has ever pinned their hopes on a single supposedly perfect night.
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It is unique in its storytelling style and turns a school event into quite a dramatic mystery. The story unfolds through the media of journal entries, group chats, apology letters and police reports(!). Piecing together the events of the evening this way ensured that I could not put the book down but kept reading just one more page! I really enjoyed this book, except for the poor goat – and no, I’m not going to tell you why there is a goat or what happened to it – you’ll have to read it for yourself to find out!
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This book is the definition of a chaotic rollercoaster of events. So many crazy things kept happening and it just somehow managed to get worse and worse! A super quick and fun read (under 300 pages) that’s packed full of drama and chaos!
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I enjoyed this and binged it in a couple hours! If you’re a fan of dark humour you’ll enjoy this and you’re in for a chaotic rollercoaster of a night! I really liked the way this book was written and told through different forms of media like journal entries, newspaper articles, group chats, police transcripts, letters and incident reports. I felt like it made it fun to read and get different POVs!
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My Wonderful Disgrace is a deliciously dark comedy of errors about unrequited love, manipulation, misunderstandings and the tragic fate of one innocent goat.
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