The author of the Picture Book Anchored understands the importance of attachment in a child’s life. Without that sense of belonging some children feel quite lost. This story is an attempt to reassure young people that absence doesn’t mean a loss of love. After...
Moon Sugar is a somewhat intriguing tale wrapped around the world of experimental drugs, dependence and the insular nature of today’s societies. Mila is a forty-year-old personal trainer on the rebound from a failed relationship. Josh is a larger than life, incredibly...
Finding new closeness and self-trust in a distanced world Intimacy and Solitude was first published in 1991 to great acclaim; so much so that over the years it has been republished in 2002, 2014 and now in 2021, which has a considerable amount to say about the...
The narrator in Believe in Me is Bethany or Bet. She has had a disruptive and difficult childhood and consequently at age 32 she has a great need to understand her recently deceased mother. If she can do this, then maybe she will understand herself. As she says, “If I...
Joanne Wilson is a relationship and pre-marriage therapist as well as a wife, mother, weekly columnist and radio co-host known to many for her practical advice on relationships, which have now been encapsulated in her latest book Renovate Your Relationship. During...
From the beginning Hannah Korrel says she has written How To Break Up with Friends from a standpoint of a light-bulb moment when she realised at the tender age of thirty years, that friendship often equated to friendsh*t and something needed to be done about what...
Set in Sydney, this fast-paced modern-day story outlines problems and lifestyles that have become a familiar part of our world. The spin doctor was once a man ambitious to become a political journalist. Now he manipulates the truth and can put a positive spin on most...
Fiona McCallum is an expert at getting into the minds of her characters and teasing out emotional issues. She is not afraid to tackle subjects such as dysfunctional families, and the later life chaos they promote. She creates a journey by following the thoughts and...
Platform Seven is Louise Doughty’s ninth novel, a novel in which she delves into the darker side of human behaviour with emphasis on the psyche behind this behaviour. Platform Seven certainly continues this theme. Peterborough Railway station is an unremarkable place....
