Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen i(20185099 works by)
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2 2 y separately published work icon Wife on the Run Fiona Higgins , ( trans. Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen with title Weg Van Alles ) Amsterdam : Ambo/Anthos , 2015 7761712 2014 single work novel

'A mother's greatest fear... A wife's worst nightmare... What would you do?

'When two technology-related disasters hit within days of each other, Paula knows her comfortable suburban life has been irrevocably blown apart. One involves the public shaming of her teenage daughter, the other is a discovery about her husband that shocks her to her core. With her world unravelling around her, Paula does the only thing that makes any sense to her: she runs away from it all.

'She pulls her children out of school and takes off on a trip across Australia with her elderly father and his caravan. The only rule is No Technology - no phones, no Facebook, no Instagram, no tablets, games or computers. It's time to get back to basics and learn how to be a family again.

'It all sounds so simple - and for a while, it is. But along the way Paula will meet new, exciting complications, and realise that running away is only a temporary solution. The past has to be faced before the future can begin.

'A thrilling, tender and hugely entertaining story of loss, love and discovery from the bestselling author of The Mothers' Group.' (Publication summary)

6 8 y separately published work icon The Mothers' Group Fiona Higgins , ( trans. Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergen with title Pas Jij Even Op? ) Amsterdam : Artemis , 2012 Z1851238 2012 single work novel 'Six very different women agree to regularly meet soon after the births of their babies. Set during the first crucial year of their babies' lives, the women navigate birth and motherhood as well as the shifting ground of their relationships with their partners. Each woman strives in her own way to become the mother she wants to be, and finds herself becoming increasingly reliant on the friendship and support of the members of the mothers' group, until one day an unthinkably shocking event changes everything, testing their bonds and revealing closely held secrets that threaten to shatter their lives.' Source: Libraries Australia.
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