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    Judy Dosh's Coffee Break: Judy Dosh, #2
    Judy Dosh's Coffee Break: Judy Dosh, #2
    Judy Dosh's Coffee Break: Judy Dosh, #2
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    Judy Dosh's Coffee Break: Judy Dosh, #2

    By David Grant

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    Judy Dosh's Coffee Break

    This is officially the second book in the Judy Dosh series. But it is also very much a stand-alone novel in its own right. And can be read as such. It is a book full of discoveries.

    Father Ed who has left the church, is discovering the joys of sex, and getting on with the broader community in Perth Western Australia in the 21st-century.

    Judy makes new discoveries of her own, as she leaves her activist life behind and tries to become a good mother and make her marriage work.

    We meet a broad group of young people in Perth, trying to understand the complications of living in the 21st-century, making the most of the freedoms and opportunities it offers, but struggling to come to terms with the complicated world that relationships present.

    Once again as Father Ed, one of the characters in the book, said about a play he saw, "it makes you laugh, but it also makes you think".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Grant
    Release dateOct 2, 2018
    ISBN9781386904694
    Judy Dosh's Coffee Break: Judy Dosh, #2
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    David Grant

    David Grant. A biographical history of how I came to writing. I am a visual artist. Bodies on the Line is a visual art project which I started over 10 years ago. It was featured in FRINGE WORLD in 2015 and 2017. The project featured charcoal drawings of everyday people in Perth. While posing, models often discussed and talked about just about anything that came into their mind. This included religion, politics, philosophy and especially life and the people of Perth. These thoughts were written on the actual paintings by the model and also in notebooks. The notebooks were later made into printed copies. It soon became clear to me that life in Perth had its own flavour. Relationships seemed to be very problematic. Taking this source of material I decided to write a novel on Perth life. This is where the Judy Dosh series began. It features the lives of a group of imaginary people and their struggles to get on with life and each other.

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      Judy Dosh's Coffee Break - David Grant

      David Grant is a Perth-based artist who has written a number of books, including - The Cricketer's Guide to Love Sex and Relationships and Judy Dosh Saves the World.

      His art can be viewed at www.bodiesontheline.com

      This is for Liz and Sydney,

      who followed the progress

      of this book so carefully!

      But you're right, I have changed. Back in the day my main thing in life was to save the world! Now all I want is to find genuine and lasting happiness.

      Good luck, said Ed, "I think that is infinitely more difficult than saving the world!

      CHAPTER ONE

      Judy sat down at the table and nodded hello to the other occupants. She knew them well and yet it sometimes felt she hardly knew them at all. The four of them had been meeting for over a year now for a quick cup of coffee after dropping the kids at school before getting on with the day. They were four very different parents.  Zac, the American, had married a Perth girl and seemed to be playing a 'Mr Mom' role, looking after his nine-year-old son while continuing the studies he had had to abandon when he got married. Gail was a single parent who had fallen pregnant as a teenager. Catherine was going through a rocky stage in a troubled marriage and saw the group as the counselling she thought she needed but never actually went to. Judy didn't actually see the group as a counselling tool but thoroughly enjoyed it's attitude of  say what you like, and the freedom it afforded her to be herself. It renewed the feeling of freedom she felt she had lost when she and Kurt had had a  child.

      Perhaps they all needed the group, and each other, to fill some inadequacy in their lives and for some strange reason this group of three Perth women and one American man had taken on a role in their lives that they all cherished and valued.

      Judy had obviously interrupted one of their more robust conversations.

      If I were a guy, I'd have a large penis.  continued Gail after greeting Judy. 'Oh here we go again', thought Judy. Gail was on her favourite subject!

      What difference does size make, interjected Catherine, as long as you know how to use it.

      No, size is important, although my first lover was way too big for me, he really hurt me.

      There you go, changing your opinion again! laughed Catherine, make up your mind!

      Well if I was a guy I wouldn't have a small dick! said Gail rather loudly. Rather too loudly actually, the little old man at the table opposite them blushed. But if she had shocked the little old man, those at the table were used to her by now. They also understood that while Gail really enjoyed shocking people and giving away far more information about her love life than was really necessary, all these revelations and shocking statements actually were helping Gail deal with a number of problems she had concerning things that had happened in her teenage years.

      I'm okay with guys having small dicks, laughed Catherine, they are less of a choking hazard!

      Zac choked on his coffee and burst out laughing.  Careful Catherine, he said finally recovering, you're giving your secrets away!

      Oh Zac, I am just kidding!

      More's the pity, it's about the first sensible thing this table has said about penis size! Trust you to say something original!

      His fondness for her came close to the surface, before he stopped himself from giving away too much. But Catherine had noticed and even if she didn't show it openly, she was secretly thrilled to bits, and wondered for the millionth time how life would have been if she had married Zac instead of her husband Bruce. Actually, she wondered this about quite a few other guys as well, but Zac was very special. And it was such a pity that he appeared to be so happily married.

      And just by the way Gail, started Zac, while we are talking about your favourite topic, guys don't have any say in the size of their penis. You are stuck with what you're born with and that's that.

      And just by the way Zac, retorted Gail, sex isn't my favourite subject!

      The others laughed. Oh yes it is! said Catherine.

      My favourite subject is love, there is a difference you know.

      Gail! you never talk about love, said Judy, it's always about sex!

      You guys obviously only like to listen to one thing and ignore the real me! said Gail acting very aggrieved, but with just enough of a twinkle in her eye to let the others know that she was joking.

      Gail had had her shocking moment for the day and, satisfied that the group had had their weekly shock, she led the conversation onto less controversial matters. As so often happened, the conversation moved onto education, the topic that had bought them all together in the first place. Zac wished that there were more male teachers in primary schools to give his son more role models. Gail wished that her daughter had a teacher, male or female, who actually understood her. Catherine thought parents should encourage their children to understand their teachers a bit better rather than expecting the teacher to do all the work. It'll be a great lesson for later life, she added, understanding other people is a skill which should be taught at schools and not just left to chance.

      How well do we understand each other? asked Zac.

      Well you can't expect us to understand you, laughed Gail, you're a bloke for starters and secondly an American.

      How stereotypical on both counts, muttered Zac half to himself and half to the group.

      I disagree with you totally Gail, said Judy, I think Zac understands me better than anyone in the group and I understand him as well as I understand anyone.

      ––––––––

      Yes, but you are doing that in spite of him being a bloke and an American.

      You mean he is different to what I expected?

      Exactly!

      Judy thought carefully before answering. In a way you may be right about the American stereotype! When I first met him I kept thinking 'he's really nice for an American!' or 'he's really normal for an American!' But that just shows how wrong we have got it. I mean just look at how many different types of Australians there are, why should we expect there to be just one type of American?

      But he is still a bloke!

      That is where you really get it wrong Gail! Forget about all the stereotypes out there about blokes, people are people no matter what gender they are.

      But blokes are all the same and they can only think of one thing!

      And you never think of sex?

      The others laughed and even Gail had to smile.

      So we're back to sex again, sighed Zac.

      ––––––––

      Oh relax Zac, it could be worse, we could be talking politics.

      Let's go! American or Australian politics? The choice is yours!

      I hate politics! laughed Gail, I don't know what it's like in America but here they are all as bad as each other. What do you think Judy? You are more of a political animal than I am.

      But there was no reply, they all looked at Judy who seemed lost in thought staring into the distance.

      Is she okay? whispered Zac.

      Of course she's okay, she's just looking at some guy's arse down the bottom of the mall there, muttered Gail, and it's really not such a great arse either.

      Judy was far away in her own world and oblivious to both comments. Gail was on the right track, Judy had been looking at a man's bottom, but this was no casual glance at a good butt. This was a strange act of recognition. She watched the buttocks move up and down in the  jeans as the man moved and realised she had seen them somewhere before. Then there was the disbelief, 'no it can't be' followed by the excitement 'yes, it must be him!' Then he turned and from the side view she knew it was him. Father Ed, it was Father Ed. She hadn't seen or heard from him in over seven years and now here he was. And she had only just seen him too, because he disappeared from view just as quickly as he had appeared.

      Knock knock, is anyone in? Catherine's voice interrupted her thoughts.

      Yes, sorry I drifted away a bit.

      You really do take your perving very seriously, laughed Gail.

      Not perving, I just thought I had seen an old friend that's all, said Judy deciding not to tell too much, especially to Gail. She might tell Zac later.

      Well he must be a very special friend then? suggested Gail.

      No, nothing romantic, just an old purely platonic friend that's all. 'And that really is the truth' thought Judy. Nothing had ever happened between the two of them. They hadn't even stayed in touch when he had moved to Cottesloe to live with Kate. So why had this sudden sighting of Edward provoked so much excitement in her. Because she couldn't deny it or play down her feelings, she had been thrilled to just catch a glimpse of him.

      Judy started chatting inanely about the woman at the school canteen, desperately trying to divert attention away from herself. The others wanted to know more about this man in her life. Her 'purely platonic friend'. But eventually the conversation moved onto other things and Judy's moment of recognition was forgotten. Even Judy got very involved in the discussion and forgot about Father Ed. Refills were ordered and Judy

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