A Woman's Work

Victoria Purman, Jennifer Vuletic

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Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
05 April 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction; Audiobooks - Fiction

It's 1956, and while Melbourne is in a frenzy gearing up for the Olympics, the women of Australia are cooking up a storm for their chance to win the equivalent of a year's salary in the extraordinary Australian Women's Weekly cookery contest. For two women in particular, the prize could be life-changing. For war widow and single mum Ivy Quinn, a win would mean more time to spend with her twelve-year-old son, Raymond. For mother of five Kathleen O'Grady, the prize could offer her a different kind of life for herself and her children and the chance to control her own future. As winter turns to spring, both women begin to question their lives. For Kathleen, the grinding domesticity of her work as a wife and mother no longer seems enough, while Ivy begins to realise she has the courage to make a difference for other women and tell the truth about the ghosts from her past. But is it the competition prize that offers the women a chance to free themselves from society's expectations, or is it their growing self-confidence and belief in a new kind of future?

By: Victoria Purman
Read by: Jennifer Vuletic
Imprint: Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Simultaneous Release
Dimensions: Height: 122mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 68g
ISBN: 9781460746226
ISBN 10: 1460746228
Publication Date: 05 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Her 20222 novel, The Nurses' War, is out now, Her 2019 book, The Women's Pages, was an Australian bestseller, as were her novels, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. Her earlier novel The Three Miss Allens was a USA Today bestseller. Jennifer Vuletic is an Australian actress, singer and NIDA graduate from the class of 1984. She has enjoyed a varied career travelling all over Australia and the world, and has toured internationally with the hit show Mamma Mia!, playing the role of Tanya. She also performed in Menopause The Musical, The Women of Troy and Jerry Springer: The Opera. She has recorded audiobooks for over 24 years and has won numerous awards for her narrations, including the Trish Trinick Award for The God of Small Things.

Reviews for A Woman's Work

'... graphically depicts life during those harrowing years. A touching tale and an enthralling read.' (on The Women's Pages) -- Reader's Digest 'Heart-achingly raw yet filled with the beauty of the human spirit ... a triumph that will linger in the heart and psyche.' (on The Nurses' War) -- Karen Brooks, author of The Good Wife of Bath