Sometimes, rather than making you laugh or cry out in surprise, a story will instead leave you wondering about human fragility...

In the telling of his own tale, children's author and screenwriter Paul Jennings demonstrates how seemingly small events can combine into a compelling drama. As if assembling the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, he puts together fragments, memories and anecdotes to reveal the portrait of a complex and weathered soul.

Untwisted is revealing, moving and very funny.

For adults.

'Ingeniously constructed, quietly confessional, sweetly endearing, and, of course, often wildly hilarious.' Carmel Bird

'Jennings gives us the story behind the storyteller, untwisting the threads of his own life with generosity, humility and candour.' Gabbie Stroud

'Read this and you'll start to understand why Paul Jennings knows not only how to captivate with his words but with his knowledge that life does not proceed in an orderly fashion. His didn't and we're all the richer for it.' Geraldine Doogue

'If you want to know what makes a writer, read this.' Emily Rodda