Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski

Reckoning is Magda Szubanski's memoir, and it is a long way from the comedy she is loved for. Szubanski, one of Australia's best-known performers, tells her own story, and it turns out to be a big one.

She writes about an ordinary suburban childhood shadowed by her father's past as an assassin in the Polish resistance during the war, about growing up gay in 1970s Australia, and about the odd shape of adult fame. Underneath it all is her drive to understand the truth of where she comes from, and what that costs.

Intimate, funny and often devastating, it is the work of a natural writer. Winner of the 2016 ABIA Book of the Year and a swag of other prizes.

'A brave and tender book about everything that matters most in life.' Cate Blanchett

'A remarkable memoir. The writing, the story, the voice, all of it is beautiful.' Christos Tsiolkas