{"product_id":"9780733634390","title":"Skimpy: Outrageous true tales of crocodiles, snakes and pulling beers in the Outback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFans of Paul Carter will love this fast-paced and funny memoir featuring nudist neighbours, sex in croc-infested waters, frogs in the toilet and a resident snake in Kellie's kitchen that may or may not be lethal. These are the outrageous stories of a feisty girl who decided to go bush.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKIMPY (defn):\u003c\/b\u003e A feisty barmaid who works in outback pubs in denim cut-offs and a bikini top\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKellie Arrowsmith was a country girl whose idea of a hairdo was tying a ponytail whenever she wanted to go horse riding. But in her early twenties she left her sleepy hometown of Albury on the NSW\/Victoria border for the bright lights of the Gold Coast, and soon found herself working in a succession of unexciting jobs just to keep up with her now-glamorous lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After spending two years as a frazzled receptionist for an adult entertainment agency, Kellie decided to stop booking the jobs and start taking them. So it was that she found herself travelling to Gove, a mining town in East Arnhem Land, where she had her first stint as a skimpy: a barmaid who wears not much clothing for big money. Skimpies can work in the NT, in WA, in the Hunter Valley of NSW - wherever there's a bunch of blokes with a fly-in fly-out lifestyle who enjoy a cold beer at the end of their shift. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kellie thought her new job would take her all round the country, but she hadn't planned on falling in love - not with Dave, a rough-and-tumble outback character with a big heart and the world's worst four-wheel-drive, and not with the Northern Territory way of life. But she did, and instead of diamonds and dust, Kellie got crocodiles and denim cut-offs - and a whole lot of stories to tell about a side of outback life that's a long way off the beaten track.","brand":"Hachette Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106490630384,"sku":"9780733634390","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780733634390_p0.jpg?v=1763624635","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780733634390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}