{"product_id":"9781925310764","title":"Try Hard: Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever (Extra Sass Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling, hilarious memoir from one of Australia’s most adored performers and host of breakfast radio on Sydney’s 2DayFM with Harley Breen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Funny, feisty and fabulous, Em Rusciano’s insights into her world of mayhem, marriage and motherhood are a laugh-out-loud, cry-out-loud balm for the soul.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From her exploits at the Miss Sheila Fancypants School of Dance and her efforts to secure a solo at her end-of-year performance, to embracing the spotlight as an \u003ci\u003eAustralian Idol\u003c\/i\u003e contestant and her deep and abiding love for John Farnham, Em Rusciano is a self-confessed bottomless pit of anxiety with a taste for glitter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And behind the stage make-up Em is an overachiever of epic proportions, camp to the core and fiercely maternal. She has all the insecurities of a person who spends their nights racked with self-doubt and all the confidence of a woman who can walk out onto a stage in front of a sold-out theatre and absolutely slay the crowd. Em has an army of gay men she adores, tells the best dirty jokes and loves those closest to her ferociously. When the chips are down you definitely want her by your side.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This all-singing, all-dancing, all-emoting, leopard-print clad warrior is fearless, fabulous and pants-wettingly funny. Her words on the page are silly and sacred, bawdy and heartfelt. The stuff of life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTry Hard\u003c\/i\u003e is her story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Because she is. And she does.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141181096176,"sku":"9781925310764","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925310764_p0.jpg?v=1763634165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925310764","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}