Summary
A story about what it means to be a friend …
Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books … and life, love and the jagged bits in between. Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world – and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? But each woman harbours a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.
- Izzy
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761104909 |
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| ISBN-10: | 176110490X |
| Author: | Anita Heiss |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
‘This enjoyable and human story is impressively interwoven with historical and contemporary Aboriginal issues.’
‘This enjoyable and human story is impressively interwoven with historical and contemporary Aboriginal issues.’ * Sun Herald *
‘A celebration of female friendships’ * Sunday Territorian *
‘Will resonate with many readers … a novel that asks whether a strong sense of sisterhood is enough to keep friends together.’ * Burnie Advocate *
About The Author
Anita Heiss
Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of over 20 books, spanning non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction, and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales.
Dr Heiss is an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation, and holds the position of Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland. She is also the Publisher at Large of Bundyi, an imprint of Simon & Schuster dedicated to cultivating First Nations talent.
As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel Tiddas for the stage. It premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival and was produced by Belvoir St for the Sydney Festival in 2024.
Her novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, which explores the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writers’ Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the 2022 ABIA Awards. Dr Heiss’s first children’s picture book, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain), also focuses on the Great Flood of Gundagai.
In 2024, she released Dirrayawadha (Rise Up), a book about the frontier war in Bathurst. Her most recent novel is The Paradise Pact.
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