Barbara Toner Barbara Toner i(A23832 works by) (a.k.a. Barbara Greenwood)
Also writes as: Tessa Wood
Born: Established: 1948 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Four Respectable Ladies Seek the Meaning of Wife Barbara Toner , Sydney : Random House Australia , 2019 15408581 2019 single work novel historical fiction

''Marriage isn’t always a bed of roses. And there are many ways to be a wife,' the vicar informs the town …

'It’s 1930, and as the Depression overtakes rural New South Wales, what it means to be a wife tests the four respectable ladies of Prospect to their very limit.

'Louisa Worthington fled to the city ten years ago, pregnant, poor and under a cloud of scandal. Now she’s back - blonde and brazen - with her heart set on the married son of the town’s mayor.

'Adelaide Nightingale, newly widowed and starved of romance, yearns for adoration, security and a version of herself defined by beauty not business.

'Maggie Albright dreams of empire building, but is hamstrung by her over-cautious husband, who grows less handsome by the day.

'Then there’s Pearl Fletcher, happily married to Joe, the district’s most successful sheep farmer, but protecting a secret that could tear their family apart.

'And hovering in the town’s shadows is a ghost from their past. A man newly released from jail ruthlessly bent on exploiting the ladies’ hopes and fears to get what he wants. And what he wants is Louisa ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband Barbara Toner , Milsons Point : Bantam Australia , 2018 12177341 2018 single work novel historical fiction

'It's September 1919. The war is over, and everyone who was going to die from the flu has done so. But there's a shortage of husbands and women in strife will flounder without a male to act on their behalf.

'And in the southern NSW town of Prospect, four ladies bereft of men have problems that threaten to overwhelm them.

'Beautiful Louisa Worthington, whose dashing husband died for King and Country, is being ruined by the debts he left behind.

'Young Maggie O'Connell, who lost her mother in childbirth and her father to a redhead, is raising her two wayward brothers and fighting for land she can't prove is hers.

'Adelaide Nightingale has a husband, but he's returned from the war in a rage and is refusing to tackle the thieving manager of their famous family store.

'Pearl McLeary, Adelaide's new housekeeper, must find her missing fiance before it's too late and someone dies.

'Thank God these desperate ladies have a solution -- a part-time husband who will rescue them all. To find him, they'll advertise. To afford him, they'll share . . .' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Cracking America Barbara Toner , London : Hutchinson , 2002 Z1447030 2002 single work novel humour
1 y separately published work icon An Organised Woman Barbara Toner , London : Hutchinson , 1996 Z1447024 1996 single work novel
1 All You Need to Know (from All You Need to Know) Barbara Toner , 1992 extract
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 December 1992; (p. 10)
1 4 y separately published work icon All You Need to Know Barbara Toner , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1992 Z365148 1992 single work novel humour It's 1958. Sydney's upper North Shore is a model of refinement and harmony. Then along comes seductive, 17-year-old Kitty Page. Kitty fixes her gaze on Wahroonga's favourite sons. She dazzles. She shocks. She has at her fingertips all you need to know. Contains some descriptions of sex. (Libraries Australia record).
1 Waxing Wise in Wahroonga Barbara Toner , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 November 1992; (p. 48)
1 Floored Humour Barbara Toner , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 December 1990; (p. 49)

— Review of The Multitude of Tigers : The Saga of Foulmouthed Freda (Blowfly Drover Supreme) and Her Trusty Lieutenant, The Brave Blowfly Benjamin John Hepworth , 1990 single work novel
1 Floored Humour Barbara Toner , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 December 1990; (p. 4)

— Review of Newlands Gary Langford , 1990 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon The Need to Be Famous Barbara Toner , London Sydney : MacDonald , 1988 Z1447011 1988 single work novel satire
1 y separately published work icon The Infernal Triangle Barbara Toner , London : Futura , 1987 Z1447061 1987 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Brain Street Barbara Toner , London : MacDonald , 1986 Z1447035 1986 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Married Secrets : Tales from Tessa Wood Barbara Toner , London : Futura , 1984 Z1447045 1984 single work short story humour
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