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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 We Only Want What’s Best
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'A long-haul flight. Two ambitious dance mums. A child in danger.

'Bridget and Simone aren’t friends. But their daughters are in the same dance troupe, so they’re flying to Los Angeles for the girls to perform at Disneyland. Simone’s daughter Zahra is indisputably a leader in the group, but Bridget’s daughter Becky is a talent on the rise.

'Simone and her husband are accustomed to business class, but Bridget is less comfortable there. Both lonely women are surprised to find something in common, until Bridget discovers images of Zahra and other dancers that shock her. Are they exploitative or art?

'A fierce examination of their dance world ensues, tension rises, and there’s no way for anyone to escape it. For two very different families and four teenagers, what unfolds over the flight will shock and threaten to destroy them.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mulgrave, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 28 March 2023.
      ISBN: 9781922848499
Form: audiobook
    • Chatswood, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Wavesound , 2023 .
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      Edition info: 8 CDs; 8 hours and 51 mins
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 April 2023
      ISBN: 9781004122226, 9781004122233 (MP3 CD)

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Book Review : We Only Want What’s Best, Carolyn Swindell Megan Payne , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2023;

— Review of We Only Want What’s Best Carolyn Swindell , 2023 single work novel

'Turbulence and scandal in the dance world as seen from the perspectives of both parents and children.'

Book Review : We Only Want What’s Best, Carolyn Swindell Megan Payne , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2023;

— Review of We Only Want What’s Best Carolyn Swindell , 2023 single work novel

'Turbulence and scandal in the dance world as seen from the perspectives of both parents and children.'

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