Not just a life of leisure: Christos Tsiolkas on the myths of being childless

By Christos Tsiolkas
December 24 2016 - 2:00pm
Nothing in the world is free: You have to earn leisure, Christos Tsiolkas says. Photo: Getty Images
Nothing in the world is free: You have to earn leisure, Christos Tsiolkas says. Photo: Getty Images

We bumped into each other on the street and though we were both in a rush, she called her office with some excuse and I decided to ignore my deadline. We headed to the nearest cafe for a catch-up over coffee. We were – and are – good friends but it had been an age since we had last seen each other. I told her about what I was writing, about the travels I had been on, and she told me about her work, of how much of her life now consisted of driving the kids to music lessons or to soccer training.

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