y separately published work icon Secret Mothers' Business : One Night, Eight Women, No Kids, No Holding Back single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Secret Mothers' Business : One Night, Eight Women, No Kids, No Holding Back
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'One evening in late June a group of women friends get together at Louise's house. Natalie brings the red wine, Tamara some gluten-free delight as well as her fully charged mobile (her husband still can't seem to get two children to bed without calling her at least 6 times). Fiona will haul out her aromatherapy kit and they can count on Lou to bring along at least a kilo of chocolate. It is a regular reunion for eight very different women, with very different lives, secrets and fantasies. The only unifying factor? They are all mothers.' -- Publisher's description.

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  • 'Fedler was inspired to write the book after attending a real-life sleepover with her friends. With their permission, she recorded their conversations. Although she also recorded snippets of chit-chat on other occasions, that evening provided the nexus for her book. Fedler has not, however, broken her mates' confidences: "I've fictionalised all the characters, using conversations we all have about motherhood."' [Source: Cape Times, reprinted on the 'Tonight' webpage at http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3508054&fSectionId=375&fSetId=251]
  • Prequel to The Reunion.

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 , 2006 .
      Extent: 294p.
      ISBN: 1741147158
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ebury Press ,       2007 .
      Alternative title: The Secret Mothers' Club : One Night, Eight Women, No Kids, No Holding Back!
      Extent: xix, 294p.
      ISBN: 0091918545, 9780091918545
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y separately published work icon The Reunion Joanne Fedler , Crows Nest : Arena , 2012 Z1857902 2012 single work novel

'It's been ages since Jo, Helen, Ereka and CJ first became friends through their mothers' group-back then, life revolved around their small children. Now their kids are pre-teens and teenagers with attitudes, iPods and raging hormones, and life is feeling emptier for some mothers, more liberating for others.

'While away together in an old country house with a couple of new friends and plenty of wine and food, it's not long before the women are discussing men, marriage and parenting, sharing intimacies and confiding vulnerabilities. Friendships are put on the line as the bonds between them are tested and the weekend takes some unexpected turns.

'Picking up where the international bestseller Secret Mothers' Business left off, The Reunion is an insightful, funny and often biting novel about the challenges women face as their bodies change, dreams fade and kids grow up. Ultimately it explores what it means to be a good friend, a good person and a good mother-and suggests that all love is about learning to let go.' (Publisher's blurb)
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