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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 The Mother
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'Just like the garden, the fuse box, the bills, bin night and blown light bulbs, this was just something else she'd now have to take care of herself.

'Recently widowed, Miriam Duffy is a respectable North Shore real estate agent and devoted mother and grandmother. She was thrilled when her younger daughter Ally married her true love, but as time goes by Miriam wonders whether all is well with Ally, as she moves to the country and gradually withdraws, finding excuses every time Miriam offers to visit. Their relationship has always had its ups and downs, and Miriam tries to give her daughter the distance she so clearly wants. But is all as it seems?

'When the truth of her daughter's situation is revealed, Miriam watches in disbelief as Ally and her children find themselves increasingly vulnerable and cut off from the world. As the situation escalates and the law proves incapable of protecting them, Miriam is faced with an unthinkable decision. But she will do anything for the people she loves most in the world. Wouldn't you?

'A stunning, gripping novel that goes to the heart of a mother's love and asks what any of us might do when faced with a threat to the people we hold most dear.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2022 .
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      Extent: 368p.
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      • Published March 2022
      ISBN: 9781760879662

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

The Mother Jane Caro Jessica Stewart , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , July vol. 34 no. 3 2023;

— Review of The Mother Jane Caro , 2022 single work novel
'Though I knew the gist of the issues raised by The Mother before I began – I’d read the devastating stories of victims of domestic violence, watched the news and thought I understood the issues – this novel still shocks.' (Introduction)
Debra Oswald, Jane Caro and Robert Lukins Explore Extreme Responses to Domestic Abuse in New Thrillers Smriti Daniel , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;
y separately published work icon Jane Caro on Writing Realistic Fiction Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2022 24385251 2022 single work podcast interview

'Jane Caro is a Walkley Award-winning columnist, novelist, broadcaster and social commentator.

'She has published twelve books, including a young adult trilogy about the life of Elizabeth Tudor, her memoir Plain Speaking Jane, and The Mother (her first novel for adults).

'She created and edited Unbreakable, which featured stories women writers had never told before and was published just before the Harvey Weinstein revelations.

'Her most recent non-fiction work is Accidental Feminists, about the fate of women over 50. Jane has previously appeared on The Garret, and in this interview she reflects on her non-fiction works and Accidental Feminists.' (Introduction)

y separately published work icon Jane Caro in Conversation Chris Gordon (presenter), 2022 24383738 2022 single work podcast

'Journalist, social commentator, and author Jane Caro in conversation about her new crime novel, The Mother.'

The Mother Jane Caro Jessica Stewart , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , July vol. 34 no. 3 2023;

— Review of The Mother Jane Caro , 2022 single work novel
'Though I knew the gist of the issues raised by The Mother before I began – I’d read the devastating stories of victims of domestic violence, watched the news and thought I understood the issues – this novel still shocks.' (Introduction)
y separately published work icon Jane Caro in Conversation Chris Gordon (presenter), 2022 24383738 2022 single work podcast

'Journalist, social commentator, and author Jane Caro in conversation about her new crime novel, The Mother.'

y separately published work icon Jane Caro on Writing Realistic Fiction Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2022 24385251 2022 single work podcast interview

'Jane Caro is a Walkley Award-winning columnist, novelist, broadcaster and social commentator.

'She has published twelve books, including a young adult trilogy about the life of Elizabeth Tudor, her memoir Plain Speaking Jane, and The Mother (her first novel for adults).

'She created and edited Unbreakable, which featured stories women writers had never told before and was published just before the Harvey Weinstein revelations.

'Her most recent non-fiction work is Accidental Feminists, about the fate of women over 50. Jane has previously appeared on The Garret, and in this interview she reflects on her non-fiction works and Accidental Feminists.' (Introduction)

Debra Oswald, Jane Caro and Robert Lukins Explore Extreme Responses to Domestic Abuse in New Thrillers Smriti Daniel , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;
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