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Review: ‘Sisters of Freedom’ by Mary-Anne O’Connor

Australia’s queen of historical romance Mary-Anne O’Connor has done it again.

Posted byVictoria BJune 8, 2021June 8, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Australian Literature, Books, mothering, ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: ‘Sisters of Freedom’ by Mary-Anne O’Connor

Review | ‘Grace Under Pressure’ by Tori Haschka

Show me a mum who claims she hasn’t, at some point while mothering in contemporary Australia, fantasised about how much easier life would be if she formed a commune with other mums… and I will show you a liar.

Posted byVictoria BJune 5, 2021August 19, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Australian Literature, baking, Books, mothering, ReviewsLeave a comment on Review | ‘Grace Under Pressure’ by Tori Haschka

Book Review | Lapse (Sarah Thornton)

Lapse (Text Publishing, 2019) is set in the sleepy country town of Katinga, where protagonist Clementine Jones is coaching the local AFL team while she wrestles with some dark, dark secrets from her shady past.

Posted byVictoria BMarch 12, 2020March 17, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Australian Literature, Books, ReviewsLeave a comment on Book Review | Lapse (Sarah Thornton)

Review | Where Fortune Lies (Mary-Anne O’Connor)

Where Fortune Lies (HQ Fiction, 2020) is the fifth novel from Australian author Mary-Anne O’Connor, and tells the story of plucky migrants finding their way in rugged colonial Australia in the early 1880s.

Posted byVictoria BFebruary 24, 2020February 24, 2020Posted inculture, reviewTags:Australian Literature, Books, ReviewsLeave a comment on Review | Where Fortune Lies (Mary-Anne O’Connor)

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