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1 Make Life an Art i "Head muddled, heart fatigued.", Rowena Wiseman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 64 no. 3 2020; (p. 110)
1 Dancers i "They danced to the same tune in a contemporary ballet company", Rowena Wiseman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 64 no. 3 2020; (p. 25)
1 Touch i "They’ve been doing this for 22 years on a Tuesday,", Rowena Wiseman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January / February vol. 64 no. 1/2 2020; (p. 47)
1 y separately published work icon The Replacement Wife Rowena Wiseman , Australia : Impulse , 2015 9018144 2015 single work novel romance

'Luisa has met the love of her life ... now she just needs to figure out what to do with her husband.

'Luisa has fallen madly in love with sculptor Jarvis, so she comes up with a plan to find a new wife for her husband Luke so she can exit stage left. She wants to screen potential stepmothers for her 8-year-old son Max and has strict criteria: the woman must be a single mother; have no more than two children; she can't be authoritarian; she must be creative, nurturing and not much prettier than Luisa.

'After a few carefully orchestrated meetings with different women that fail to raise a spark, Luke finally connects with a potential replacement wife. However, Luisa isn't prepared for the fact that Luke's interest in the other woman makes him a better man and a more attractive husband. After suffering for years in a half-dead marriage, Luisa starts to remember what it was about Luke that she originally fell in love with. But is it too late?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Exit Stage Left Rowena Wiseman , United States of America (USA) : Merge Publishing , 2014 7616843 2014 single work novel

'Luisa’s always followed the script … until now. She married Luke, built up a good career, bought a small house in the inner suburbs and had a kid. But now Luisa’s met Jarvis and fallen in love. Suddenly there are too many male leads in her life.

'Luisa decides to find a wife for her husband, so she can quietly exit stage left with Jarvis. She doesn’t want her son to end up with a wicked stepmother, so she’d better pull some strings while she still can.

'But Luke is a dedicated family man who doesn’t seem interested in getting a bit on the side. It’s going to need all Luisa’s directing powers to nudge him in the right direction …'

Source: Publishing blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Searching for Von Honningsbergs Rowena Wiseman , United States of America (USA) : Screwpulp , 2014 7616643 2014 single work novel

'Lawson is sent overseas to retrieve three paintings for an exhibition. He has a thorny love affair with an anorexic Russian Latvian firetwirler, does a deal with two shady characters in Brazil and runs for his life from a madman in Beijing. When Lawson discovers that he has actually become involved in an art world scam, he begins to question the true value of art.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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