The Women And The Girls Av Laura Bloom

<b>The Age of Aquarius meets the Dawning of Divorce in an evocative novel of the 1970s.</b><br><br>''There''s plenty of depth to Bloom''s characters, who are smart, funny and relatable in today''s modern world.'' <i>The Courier-Mail</i><br><i></i><br><br>It''s 1977, and bohemian Libby - stay-at-home mother, genius entertainer and gifted cook - is lonely. When she meets Carol, recently emigrated from London with her controlling husband, and Anna, who loves her career but not her marriage, the three women form an unexpected bond.<br><br>Their husbands aren''t happy about it, and neither are their daughters.<br><br>Set against a backdrop of inner-city grunge and 70s glamour, far-out parties and ABBA songs, <i>The Women and the Girls</i> is a funny, questioning and moving novel about love, friendship, work, family, and freedom.<br><br><br>''The sustenance we gain from equal relationships is the heart and soul of this work.'' - <i>Living Arts Canberra</i><br><br>''Majestic... Overwhelmingly poignant, simply wonderful - this book should be on your reading pile.'' - <i>South Australian Book Review</i><br><br>''This is a different world to the present, if one that still seems within reach...But the ''70s, as now, were transitional times. As we adjust to a pandemic-riddled world where some rules we thought were fixed are now negotiable, we are all facing similar challenges.'' <i>Newtown Review of Books</i>