Book reviews


Drink  by Ann Dowsett Johnston
Unbearable lightness by Portia de Rossi
The winter of our disconnect by Susan Maushart
Going grey by Anne Kraemer
When Gods collide by Kate James
Going public:  your child can thrive in a public school
TCK books
Clutterfree with kids
Battle hymn of the tiger mother
How a pressure cooker saved my life by Juanita Phillips
Raising your spirited child (my favourite parenting book)
Choosing to see by Mary Beth Chapman (dealing with grief in the aftermath of losing a child)
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
He'll be OK by Celia Lashlie

Fiction

Four historical fiction titles
Room by Emma Donoghue
Three Australian women write (there are some funny books here)
My top ten 'mum' books
The casual vacancy by JK Rowling
Mother's Day 2012 recommended books
Elizabeth Berg books
Night Waking by Sarah Moss
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
So much for that by Lionel Shriver
The White Tiger by Aravind Arunga
We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The Slap

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