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Title: Win 1/50 ARC copies of ‘Family Baggage” by Isla Evans - Better Reading preview Post by: culturebird on Tuesday 10 January 2023, 11:51:00 pm Better Reading Preview: Family Baggage by Ilsa Evans.
Packing up her mother’s life, George instead unpacks her own… A deeply insightful and wryly funny story perfect for readers of Meredith Jaffe and The Weekend by Charlotte Wood. Things you might be surprised to find when cleaning out your deceased mother’s house: a secret diary a family mystery a new lease on life. Grief-stricken middle-aged sisters George, Kat and Annie give themselves a week to pack up their childhood home and divide their mother’s belongings. Beloved items are contested: an Eames chair, a collection of war medals, a learn-to-read book. The sisters – bossy Kat, mediator George and petulant Annie – are hampered by sibling rivalry, the xxxly demands of their own offspring, the needs of their disabled younger brother and, in George’s case, the after-effects of a spot of adultery. The discovery of a decades’ old diary divides the women further: not only do they learn what their mother really thought of them, they learn that she had a life entirely of her own. They are not the family they thought they were – and their mother was so much more than she seemed. This revelation might be the key to George’s freedom … We have 50 copies of this book to give away. For your chance to Preview this book, click on the link and fill in the registration form. OUR FORM DOES NOT GO LIVE UNTIL 1:30PM – IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT AFTER 1:30PM, PLEASE REFRESH YOUR PAGE. THERE IS NO NEED TO EMAIL BETTER READING – IT IS A SIMPLE REFRESH ISSUE. Registrations will open Wednesday 11th January. https://www.betterreading.com.au/review/preview/better-reading-preview-family-baggage-by-ilsa-evans/ |