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No Time to Waste 

is the story of a woman born in the 30s: her adventurous childhood, life threatening illness, fearless hitchhiking alone in Europe, political activism in the age of McCarthy in America and capital punishment in Britain, lengthy career in the arts, marriage, child-raising and reflections on the changing morals and mores of four generations of Australian women.

RRP $24.95

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Grinding Grandma’s Axe

is the story of  sisters – teacher Julie and actor Lisa, whose desire for meaningful work and fulfilling life-styles takes them both to Alice Springs.

Here the impact of the red centre: the vast emptiness, the colour and the calm of it inspire new perspectives that lead to life-changing decisions.

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Circling the Square

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a dissatisfied Melbourne housewife walks out on her 20 year marriage and with 14 yr old son travels to Queensland looking for a place to make a new start. In Rockhampton and Yeppoon they meet with experiences that transform their lives and dramatically impact on family members left behind in Melbourne.

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Under the Rug

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 When cousins each living in Rye on the Mornington Peninsula  meet by accident for the first time,                                 they decide to take a trip to Kyneton to see if they can establish what caused the split  that divided the family. In this Central Victorian town they uncover dark secrets for long swept under the rug.

Highly Commended in the
Fellowship of Australian Writers 2013 National Literary Awards

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Street Wise

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Acacia Avenue is a fictitious street in the Melbourne suburb of Seaford. Here, witnessing  tragedy and trauma befalling  individuals in her neigbourhood,  Susan Cartwright, artist and mother of two, concludes that a suburban street is a microcosm of human society,  and questions what responsibility she and fellow residents have to intervene to try to avert avoidable calamity.

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