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If it's written by a woman, narrated by a woman, and explores themes intrinsic to womanhood with a healthy measure of humour and heart, then you can pretty much guarantee I'll be into it. These stories are audacious, exciting, emotional, and often hilarious, and they span genres and age groups—sass for all!
Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
$22.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: A\Manon Bradshaw Thriller Ser.
A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER... 'Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fiction - Gripping' ERIN KELLY 'For those who love their crime fiction rich in psychology, beautifully written and laced with dark humour. Dive in' LUCIE WHITEHOUSE Mid-December, and Cambridgeshire is ...Show more
More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
How to be an older woman? Who knows. Being a young woman can be challenging. But it turns out not even a fraction of the bullshit has happened to you by the time you turn thirty. Because your thirties, forties and beyond see you dealing with Real Life, the stuff you never thought would happen to you- gr ...Show more
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLERFINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE Korede's sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart ...Show more
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel 'A novel to treasure' Sunday Times Olive, Again follows the ...Show more
One for the Money (#1 Stephanie Plum) by Janet Evanovich
$19.95 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Stephanie Plum Ser.
Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She's lost her job, her car's on the brink of repossession, and her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free. Enter Cousin Vinnie, a low-life who runs a bail-bond company. If Stephanie can bring in vice cop turned outlaw Joe Morelli, she stands to pick up $10,000. Bu ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 75: Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap by Annabel Crabb
$22.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay # 7
When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her pregnancy, the headlines raced around the world. But when Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg became the first Prime Minister and Treasurer duo since the 1970s to take on those roles while bringing up primary-school-aged children, this detail p ...Show more
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan
$19.99 AUD
Category: YA Fiction
On remote Rollrock Island, the sea-witch Misskaella discovers she can draw a girl from the heart of a seal. So, for a price, any man might buy himself a bride; an irresistibly enchanting sea-wife. But what cost will be borne by the people of Rollrock--the men, the women, the children--once Misskaella se ...Show more
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
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. For fans of Sally Rooney, Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Fleabag. This novel is about a woman called Martha. She knows there is something wro ...Show more
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It's about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious' Jojo Moyes 'Standard Deviation is a marvel' Kate Atkinson 'Addictive reading' Mail on Sunday 'A comic masterpiece' Observer A divinely funny novel about the challeng ...Show more
Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In STAY SEXY & DON'T GET MURDERED, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, hosts of true crime comedy podcast 'My Favorite Murder,' open up about their lives more intimately than ever in their confessionally honest and hilarious debut book, titled after their podcast sign-off. Sharing never-before-h ...Show more
Supper Club by Lara Williams
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A sharply intelligent and intimate debut novel about a secret society of hungry young women who meet after dark and feast to reclaim their appetites--and their physical spaces--that posits the question: If you feed a starving woman, what will she grow into? Roberta spends much of her time trying not t ...Show more
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place, protected from the violence that once harmed their mot ...Show more