Cirrus@Austlit

'Five months after Mel told her husband to leave, a ghost moved in upstairs. A young man who reminds her, with eerie intensity, of a past lover, someone who changed Mel's life and then vanished. When the man's travelling girlfriend joins him, Mel's obsession with the couple upstairs builds and the boundaries between the two homes begin to blur, with devastating consequences. The Couple Upstairs is about one strange Summer of dazzling, curdling infatuation. Writing with both a light touch and vivid intensity, Holly Wainwright explores love, regret, whether you can stop history repeating, and whether or not you should.'  (Publication summary)

'How far would you go to save your marriage? Lou and Josh have been together for 14 years. They share two kids, a mortgage, careers and plenty of history. Now, after a particularly fraught Christmas, Lou is ready to ask herself: is this marriage worth hanging on to?

'Every month for a year, Lou sets a different test for their relationship - from daily sex to brutal honesty - to help her decide if she should stay or go. Secrets are exposed, old wounds reopened and a true-to-life suburban love story unfolds.

'I Give My Marriage a Year paints a sharply accurate, often hilarious picture of a modern Australian marriage. Lou and Josh are a couple on the edge, and their efforts to bring their relationship back from the brink will resonate with anyone who has ever asked themselves: is this enough?

'Whose side will you take? Who deserves a second chance? And will Josh and Lou stay together or split for good?' (Publication summary)

'What did you have for breakfast? Was it pure enough? Did it set you up for a day of grace, positive intentions and bum-selfies that would make a teenager weep? If not, Elle Campbell is here to help. She once led an army of ab-tastic mums, but after a public shaming she's reinvented herself as a mountain-top model of serenity. Elle presides over an exclusive retreat where women pay thousands to mimic her extreme lifestyle or die trying.

'Abi Black is blogging about her chaotic blended family from her falling-down farmhouse, trying to keep it together while her ex- husband is building a financial cult in the shed and her teenage daughter's YouTube channel is gaining followers for all the wrong reasons. All Abi wants is to marry her one true love, but the Internet—and Elle—appear to have other ideas.

'Frances Graham has a colicky newborn, an absent husband and a Whatsapp Mother's Group that's giving her anxiety. If she can just be more like those fitmums on Instagram things will get better. If she can scrape enough money together to make it to Elle's retreat, everything in her life will be just . . . perfect.

'Through a world of fake gurus, pretox parties, smug mummies and influencer angst, How to Be Perfect follows Elle, Abi and Frankie into the cult of self-improvement that's taken over your phone—and your breakfast.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Meet Elle Campbell. She's the glossy, lycraclad Mum with washboard abs and a ten-year plan. Abi Black has quit sugar, moved to the country and is homeschooling her kids while Liesel Adams slogs away every day at her city office job then rushes home steeped in guilt for a precious moment with her kids before bedtime. Three very different women sharing their lives online are suddenly thrown together when they are nominated for a prestigious #mummyblogger award. The scene is set for a brutal and often hilarious battle for hearts and minds but more importantly, likes and clicks! Sometimes life behind the screen is not as rosy as it seems . . .'

Source: Publisher's blurb.