From publisher's blurb: 'It is an extraordinary phenomenon of the twentieth century that, even though it is estimated that a romance novel is purchased every few seconds in the English-speaking world alone, romance writers and their readers - if not ignored completely - are denigrated by journalists, literary critics and feminists alike.
In From Australia with Love, Juliet Flesch sets out to reclaim this popular genre for its readers - and its writers - and in doing so she reflects more strongly than has been done before the perspective of the Australian reader. From Australia with Love is the first serious, book-length study of Australian romance fiction from 1950 to 2000.
The purpose of this book is not to examine the literary qualities of the Australian romance novel but to show that the blanket condemnation of Australia's most far-reaching literary product stigmatises and simplifies, sight unseen, a complex and varied phenomenon.'
