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BOOK
CLUB
THE SUBJECTS
by Sarah Hopkins
(Text Publishing, $29.99)
Meet Daniel, a 16-year-old
drug dealer on his way
to jail, who instead ends
up in a facility for “gifted
delinquents” in the middle of
nowhere. Written by criminal
lawyer Sarah Hopkins,
the story of Daniel will get
under your skin and stay
with you long after it ends.
SEE WHAT YOU
MADE ME DO
by Jess Hill
(Black Inc., $32.99)
Australia is in the midst of a
domestic violence epidemic:
one woman a week is dying
as a result of abuse. Instead
of asking, “Why didn’t she
leave?” We should be asking,
“Why did he do it?”
Investigative journalist
Jess Hill dives deep into
the national crisis of fear
and abuse in our homes.
THE BAD MOTHERS’
BOOK CLUB
by Keris Stainton
(Hachette, $29.99)
This is a book club with a
difference: polite small talk is
banned, gossip and swearing
are welcome and they only
read wine labels. You’ll want
to join – and become mates
with Emma, who founded the
Bad Mothers’ Book Club after
moving to Liverpool and
being kicked out of the
exclusive school-mums’
book club. Rude.
THREE WOMEN
by Lisa Taddeo
(Bloomsbury, $32.99)
If you only read one book this year, make it this. Author
Lisa Taddeo spent eight years and thousands of hours
tracking and interviewing three women: the unhappily
married mum-of-two Lina, the teenager Maggie in a
relationship with her teacher and the sexually adventurous
Sloane. The result? An intense, extraordinary and
oh-so-relatable look at female desire.
CULTURE
SHOW STOPPER
SCOTLAND COMES TO SYDNEY
Get out your tartan, girls, The Royal Edinburgh
Military Tattoo is coming back to Sydney in
October – straight from a sell-out season on
the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
With a full-size replica of the castle, 1500
performers and the best kilts in the business,
it’s an unmissable show. Purchase tickets for
your clan at ticketek.com.au
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