Cosmopolitan_Australia__November_2015

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Lindsey Kelk, author of About a Girl,

spills on the fi ve books she’d...

GIVE TO HER BEST MATE ON HER

30TH BIRTHDAY

Is Everyone Hanging Out

Without Me?

by Mindy Kaling

There’s a common misconception

that you should have everything

together by the time you hit

thirty. Hopefully this book would

reassure my mate that’s not the

case – if Mindy still isn’t sure

what’s going down, I just don’t

think anyone can be.

TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

I get swept away with Cathy

and Heathcliffe every time and

even if I was stranded on a

desert island, the evocative

stories of the Yorkshire moors

would remind me of home.

GIVE TO HER FIRST-BORN

DAUGHTER

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

Through the March sisters, I

saw a whole other world. One

where girls fell in and out of

love, endured hardships, illness

and tragedy, where they could

disappear to Europe to transform

themselves or stay at home and

work hard to pursue a dream.

Most importantly, it taught me

the value of family, having people

to look out for you and love you.

They’re messages I’d want to

pass on to my daughter.

READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

It’s been a favourite of mine

since university when my

writing tutor, Graham Joyce,

recommended it to me. There’s

always something new to find

in the story and I love the way

Tartt controls the action, keeping

everything contained right up

until it’s too late. It’s a really

fantastic book!

MADE HER WANT TO BE A WRITER

Sweet Valley High series

by Francine Pascal

I’ve been writing since I was tiny

but I think it was probably the

books I read as a teenager that

really made me want to put pen

to paper. Reading the serialised

adventures of the Wakefield

twins made me realise there

were all kinds of books out

there and someone had to be

writing them – and now that

someone is me!

We’ve preselected the shows and movies you can’t miss this month

IF YOU WANT

SCARY...

Prison Break

FEEL LIKE A

GOOD CRY...

The Notebook

RELATIONSHIP

GOALS...

Friday Night Lights

IN THE MOOD

TO BINGE...

House of Cards

A HAPPY MIX

OF SWOON AND

ACTION... Drive

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