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Stories of career sabotage
Michaela McGuire writes humorous tales of everyday strangeness.
Opinion
'As well as being as funny as a crutch, McGuire's book, which was lifted from her blog, will reassure readers that they're not going mad. Yes, there are some really weird things that happen out there in the workforce, you just have to try to laugh.'
-- Dianne Dempsey, The Age, 19/9/09
About this Title
When Michaela McGuire was hired by a federal MP eight months before the 2007 election, she didn't know exactly what to expect. She probably should have, because before that she had worked in the highrollers' room of a casino and had overseen lap dances in a strip club. It would become another novelty job to add to her brief but colourful résumé.
She has advised a Liberal MP to campaign for his seat rather than get a haircut, cleaned ashtrays and helped organise a senior partner's stamp collection at a prestigious law firm. Whatever the contributing factors to her brilliant career, foresight was not one of them.
About the Author
Michaela McGuire is a columnist for the Sunday Age and writes a blog called Swings and Roundabouts. Originally from Brisbane, she now lives in Melbourne. This is her first book.
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