AustLit

'Half Wild is heart-warming, confusing and deeply unsettling all at the same time.

'This debut novel by Pip Smith is based on the life of the person variously known as Eugenia Falleni, Harry Crawford and Jean Ford. It is a work of impressive scope, covering three different timeframes – 1885, 1917 and 1938 – and using four different narrative voices: first person, second person, third person, plus media clippings. All this comes together to create a surreal impression of the main character: a person who struggled with being forced into set behaviours based on the genitals at birth.' (Introduction)

'If Toni Jordan were allowed to write a season of Dynasty, the result would be akin to Our Tiny, Useless Hearts.' 

'How to Dress a Dummy speaks frankly of Cassie Lane’s battle for acceptance and will ring bells with many women.'

'This new novel from Natasha Lester is best read with gin and jazz.

Natasha Lester gives us all the glitz and glamour of classic romance in her third novel, a work of romantic women’s fiction that takes us back in time to the 1920s. There is gin, there is dancing, but there is also a patriarchal structure that suffocates any achievement by women. There are pretty dresses, and shoes to die for, but there are also graphic scenes of childbirth and the callous abuse of women. All these elements are woven together seamlessly.' (Introduction)

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