'With her renowned clever wit and masterful (mistress-ful) wordplay, Lette delights us all yet again. Read this and know you are in the hands of a wise feminist who makes you laugh out loud!' Suzie Miller, award-winning author of PRIMA FACIEThe Sisterhood Rules:1. Never let a man come between you2. Share all your secrets3. Live life to the fullest - girls just wanna have funFo...

'Fast moving and frothing with the fun kind of female fury' JO BRANDWHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IT'S TIME TO GET EVEN.Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally overlooked and professionally pushed aside by less-qualified men.Only they're not going down without a fight.Society might think the women have passed their amuse-by dates but th...

One dead husband. Three grieving widows.When she hears a man has been killed by a Great White shark, Gwen races to the beach only to find that all that remains of her husband is his swimming cap and a piece of torn, blood-stained wetsuit. Her grief is soon interrupted by Tish, screaming for information about the accident. When Gwen reassures her that it's her husband, Jason Riley, who's perished, Tish's response is earth-shattering for them both: Jason was her husb...

When Jane decides to move to the Australian outback in search of a husband, her sister Anthea thinks she’s mad. But then again, the sisters have never seen eye-to-eye. Anthea is slim, beautiful and has a perfect life and fiancé. Jane has always felt like the ugly duckling in comparison.But when Anthea follows her sister Down Under to try and save Jane from this latest crazy plan, she ends up taking a walk on the wild side herself…A sexy, funny and heartwarming adventure – c...

In the daring, dazzling and hilarious sequel to Kathy Lette's best-selling debut, Puberty Blues, Debbie and her girlfriends reveal what women really talk about when men aren't around...It's the kaleidoscopic 1980s, a time of perms, shoulder pads, Blondie and Bowie, prawn cocktails, fondue parties and mistaking promiscuity for feminism and Debbie has run away to the inner-city world of punk rock, new mates and R-Rated adventures.Becoming a grown up is tricky...

Washed up in London and trying her best to raise her new-born son alone, Madeleine Wolfe is looking forward to taking her mind off things with some retail therapy – even if her budget stretches to prunes rather than Prada. But her day out takes an unexpected turn for the worse when she is mistakenly arrested in Harrods for shoplifting…Detained with baby Jack in Holloway Prison's Mother and Baby Unit, there's only one man Maddy can turn to for help clearing her name: the father of h...

“Query: would it be a serious breach of etiquette to run out on my own wedding?”This is the question Becky Steele finds herself asking, on the morning of her very own wedding. Having finally managed to fit into her meringue dress after weeks of drinking only skimmed water, she is suddenly uncertain about what exactly she wants.Yes, she loves Julian, but is she quite ready to become a proper grown-up, and give up on the joys of the single life? Julian might be the right man,...

An outrageously funny, heartbreaking read – when Ruby finds out she has cancer on the brink of her 50th birthday, she decides to start living instead of complying...Ruby has always been the generous mediator among her friends, family and colleagues, which is why they've all turned up to celebrate her 50th birthday.But after too many glasses of champers, Ruby takes her moment in the spotlight to reveal what she really thinks of every one of them. She accuses...

Love is in the air – or is it only Kat's car exhaust?...Kat Kennedy is bored with Australian life. Especially the men. So when she wins a part in a top American sitcom, she jumps at the chance to experience some Hollywood glamour. Even if they do wear sunglasses indoors. But even her new best friend, the straight-talking Tash, can't prepare Kat for a town where the men have love-bites on their mirrors, there is no law of gravity (skin sags upwards), and they say 'H...

Journalist Lizzie McPhee has always thought of beauty as a case of mind over matter – if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.But all that changes when she begins the countdown towards the big 4-0. Suddenly, she's comparing her butt buoyancy to that of women on billboards and worrying about wrinkles.But the pitter-pitter-pat of tiny crow's feet is soon the least of Lizzie's worries. In the space of twenty four hours, she is replaced as news anchor by a young himbo who keeps fi...

Meet Merlin. He's Lucy's bright, beautiful son – who just happens to be autistic.Since Merlin's father left them in the lurch, Lucy has made Merlin the centre of her world.Struggling with the joys and tribulations of raising her adorable yet challenging child (if only Merlin came with operating instructions), Lucy doesn't have room for any other man in her life.By the time Merlin turns ten, Lucy is seriously worried that the Pope might start ringing her up for tips o...

Why don't women tell jokes? Because we marry them.Devastatingly funny and more than a little outrageous, Kathy offers up advice (“if he wants breakfast in bed, tell him to sleep in the kitchen”), her inimitable insights into the battle of the sexes (“statistically, 100% of divorces begin with marriage”) and some scathing observations of the decidedly less fair sex (“all husbands think they're Gods. If only their wives weren't atheists”).Praise for Kathy Lette: