This novel follows the lives of three women through the decades from the twenties to the turn of the century and explores the changes that have occurred in both the expectations and experiences of women during these decades.There is Alice, a fun-loving flapper of the twenties, who marries Robert during the Depression years. She faces the difficulties of feeding and clothing her growing family during the years of war and resultant rationing but basically is happy in her life's role ...

At the age of 80, Marion has seen the world change.It is 2070. Climate change and soaring oil prices have taken their toll. Some countries have adjusted and prospered, while others have sunk into poverty and internal warfare.Marion has seen Australia change from a free democracy to a repressive society ruled by an autocratic Muslim despot.She has watched how women have disappeared from the workplace and discovered what can befall women who no longer have a man to pr...

The main setting for Truth and Dare is a luxurious beach house on the outskirts of a small coastal fishing village. In 1980 four teenage girls spend a week away at this beach house that belongs to the family of one of the foursome. The girls have been friends for many years, but the friendships are beginning to unravel. Jenny, a sophisticated blonde, has begun dating older men and doesn't always tell her friends about these dates. Annie is in love with Joel, a fellow student, and is spendi...

I was a child of the forties in Tasmania.This was a time of war and rationing. We wore handmade clothes and played with handmade toys. Schools were forbidding places with cold dreary classrooms, regimented lessons and too many kids crammed in.Despite all this I had a joyous childhood growing up in a large and loving family. We lived surrounded by a wonderland of places in which to play. My siblings and I roamed free, wandering through bush, climbing trees and making cubbies...

This novel is contemporary women's fiction with a slightly paranormal twist, and is based on the concept that a parallel world is created when one makes a significant, life-changing decision.It explores the lives of the three main characters, Jenny, Emma and Sonya, and then switches to a parallel world.At the beginning of the novel the three women are enjoying a girls' night out. They are all teachers in their mid-thirties, and have been friends for many years.Durin...