{"product_id":"9781921870583","title":"One Way or Another: The Story of a Girl Who Loved Rock Stars","description":"In 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Nikki gets older, her conquests get bigger and the stakes get higher. 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne Way or Another\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible romp 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A vivid, heartfelt trip into the human side of rock ’n’ roll … painfully honest and insightful, this is a \u003ci\u003ePuberty Blues\u003c\/i\u003e for the ’80s generation.’ —Richard Lowenstein, director of \u003ci\u003eDogs in Space\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘McWatters renders her story with skill, sensitivity, wit and honesty … a fascinating look into some of rock’s seedier aspects.’ —\u003ci\u003eBookseller+Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A great Australian rock ’n’ roll read’ —Steve Kilbey \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nikki McWatters has had a varied career, from film and television acting to teaching to legal counselling. She lives in Queensland with her husband and children. \u003ci\u003eOne Way or Another\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Emerging Author Award in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.","brand":"Schwartz Books Pty. Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137220624624,"sku":"9781921870583","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921870583_p0.jpg?v=1763631758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921870583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}