PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- This is another uplifting novel from Sophie, full of family and female friendships. Set in Noosa Heads in the late 1980s, it concerns Cynthia, who has returned to her hometown from Los Angeles, with her tail between her legs after an acrimonious split with her husband. She wants to reconnect with her 19yo daughter, who has fallen pregnant and is determined to keep the baby - something Cynthia wishes she wouldn't. At the same time, she bumps into her former best friend, and gradually they repair their relationship, helped by Cynthia joining Lorraine in her community gardening service. Through that they meet the young widow Elizabeth, and the lost soul Kathy who is trying to rebuild her self-esteem after an awful breakup with her female partner. Together the women will find their true strengths and deep friendship, and the way forward… The sort of book that goes best with a pot of tea and a packet of your favourite biscuits - it doesn't pretend to be high literature, but still, it has a warmth and joie de vivre that is perfectly satisfying! Lindy
Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names. In her spare time she writes about country music on her website, Sunburnt Country Music. She has been practising yoga since 1993 and teaching since 2002. Sophie's debut novel, THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FAIRVALE LADIES BOOK CLUB, was a Top Ten bestseller and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction Book of the Year 2018, and longlisted for both the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2018 and the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018. Sophie Green is internationally published and THE SHELLY BAY LADIES SWIMMING CIRCLE, THURSDAYS AT ORANGE BLOSSOM HOUSE and THE BELLBIRD RIVER COUNTRY CHOIR were also Top Ten bestsellers.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- This is another uplifting novel from Sophie, full of family and female friendships. Set in Noosa Heads in the late 1980s, it concerns Cynthia, who has returned to her hometown from Los Angeles, with her tail between her legs after an acrimonious split with her husband. She wants to reconnect with her 19yo daughter, who has fallen pregnant and is determined to keep the baby - something Cynthia wishes she wouldn't. At the same time, she bumps into her former best friend, and gradually they repair their relationship, helped by Cynthia joining Lorraine in her community gardening service. Through that they meet the young widow Elizabeth, and the lost soul Kathy who is trying to rebuild her self-esteem after an awful breakup with her female partner. Together the women will find their true strengths and deep friendship, and the way forward… The sort of book that goes best with a pot of tea and a packet of your favourite biscuits - it doesn't pretend to be high literature, but still, it has a warmth and joie de vivre that is perfectly satisfying! Lindy
