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Meg Mason
From the author of the much-acclaimed novels Sorrow and Bliss and You Be Mother, Meg Mason, comes a hilarious and endearing memoir about first-time parenting.‘Achingly funny.’ Better Homes and…
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Spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark and tender, full of pathos, fury and wit, Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a dazzling, distinctive novel from a boldly talented writer - now…
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What do you do, when you find the perfect family, and it’s not yours? A charming, funny and irresistible novel about families, friendship and tiny little…
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Tessa Hadley
Nothing in these ordinary lives is so ordinary after all, it turns out, as the family’s upheaval mirrors the dramatic transformation of the society around them. With scalpel-sharp insight, Tessa…
Elizabeth McCracken
A taut, groundbreaking new novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken, about a writer's relationship with her larger-than-life mother - and about the very nature of writing
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Ursula Parrott
A sensational bestseller in 1929, yet utterly timeless, Ex-Wife plunges us into the ‘era of the one-night stand’.
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Originally published in Australia in 2020 by Fourth Estate –Copyright page.
A dazzling novel about modern love up against the confusing, sad aches of mental illness - with all its highs, lows, humour and misery.
THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF SORROW AND BLISS An endearing novel about families - the ones we have, and the ones we want - and the stories we…
Meg Mason is not ready to laugh about any of this yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t … A hilarious memoir of coming to grips with motherhood, from one…
A hilarious and unvarnished look at motherhood, perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran and Sloane Crosley
Mothers. Those women with purses the size of meat trays that hold an entire…
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Jacqueline Maley
‘Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying’ Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss ‘I raced through this compelling tale about shame, single motherhood, and the lies we tell ourselves…
Rebecca Wait
Immensely readable and gorgeously comic, this is Rebecca's finest novel yet.
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The Hero of This Book is a searing examination of grief and renewal, and of a deeply felt relationship between a child and her parents.
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Kathleen Farrell
A dysfunctional family reunites for the Christmas holiday from hell in this rediscovered festive classic with fangs.
Diana Reid
Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian university students in a fiercely authentic contemporary narrative.
How can you write other people’s stories, when you won’t admit the truth of your own? An absorbing, moving, ruefully tender, witty and wise novel of marriage, motherhood and the…
