TY - BOOK AU - McCullough,Colleen ED - Brissenden collection. TI - Life without the boring bits SN - 9780732294489 (hbk.) U1 - A823.3 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Sydney, N.S.W. PB - HarperCollins KW - McCullough, Colleen, KW - McCullough, Colleen, 1937- KW - Authors, Australian KW - fast KW - Women authors, Australian KW - 20th century KW - Biography N1 - Freaking at the controls -- The crucifixion -- Midsomer no misnomer -- Unelected power -- Pop goes the pussycat -- Portrait of a colonial overlord -- Anthropomorphism -- Handsome is as handsome does -- Time -- The sepia blues -- Belittling Bill -- Col on the writing of her books -- List of published works -- Eternal states -- Populate and perish -- One, potato, two, potato -- On wood and wars -- Jim -- Laurie N2 - World-famous writer and national treasure Colleen McCullough has always resisted the idea of writing an autobiography - books on the subject of the self tend to be stuffed to pussy's bow with boring bits. But her mind has a life of its own. Here, finally, is its portrait ER -