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The Winterof OurDisconnect
How three totally wired  teenagers (and a mother who slept with her iPhone ) pulled the plug on their technology andlived to tell the tale
Susan Maushart
Copyright © Susan Maushart 2010. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
 
A Bantam book Published by Random House Australia Pty LtdLevel 3, 100 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060 www.randomhouse.com.auFirst published by Bantam in 2010Copyright © Susan Maushart 2010 Te moral right of the author has been asserted.All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any person orentity, including internet search engines or retailers, in any form or by any means, electronicor mechanical, including photocopying (except under the statutory exceptions provisions of the Australian
Copyright Act 1968 
), recording, scanning or by any information storage andretrieval system without the prior written permission of Random House Australia.Addresses for companies within the Random House Group can be found at www.randomhouse.com.au/offi cesNational Library of AustraliaCataloguing-in-Publication Entry Maushart, Susan, 1958– Te winter of our disconnect.ISBN 9781741669640 (pbk.)Families – Australia – Social aspects. elecommunication – Social aspects – Australia.Information technology – Australia.Communication and traffi c – Social aspects – Australia306.850994 ypeset in Adobe Caslon 12.5/15.5pt by Midland ypesetters, AustraliaPrinted in Australia by Griffi n Press, an accredited ISO AS/NZS 14001:2004Environmental Management System printer10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Te paper this book is printed on is certified by the © 1996Forest Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC). Griffi n Press holdsFSC chain of custody SGS-COC-005088. FSC promotesenvironmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically  viable management of the world’s forests.
Copyright © Susan Maushart 2010. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
 
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Chapter One
Who We Are, andWhy We Pressed‘Pause’
I lov cology Bu o a muc a you, you .Bu I ll lov cology,Alway ad ovKp’ Wddg Sog,
 Napoleon Dynamite 
(2004)
 When i first aoucd my o o pull  plugo ou amly’  amouy o lcoc wapoy –om   b Pod uffl  o my o’ ouly oupd-up gamg PC ( compug quval o aDodg Ram) – my  kd dd’ blk a y. Lookgback, I ca udad wy. Ty dd’ a m.
 Wll, y 
are 
ag. Ad y w buy. Uploadgpoo om la g’ gag, alkg a poalboyd’ x-gld’ Facbook d, wacg Od alkg Pug o Youub (‘I uuuv ooooo,’  owl oDavd Lma). ‘Guy, a you lg?’ I pd.‘Ca’ you  w’ dog omwok, Mum?’ my opld ably.
Copyright © Susan Maushart 2010. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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