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No one thought Sara James, a 30 Rock habitue and Manhattanite through and through, would move to Australia after a long and successful fast-track career reporting from around the globe. But move she did, when her Australian husband Andrew wanted to come home, in a journey that sees her morph from a big-city anchor and correspondent to a small-town mum living an Australian country life.It is an odyssey filled with drama and adventure, both personal and professional, intentional and accidental. We see Australia through New York eyes, and follow Sara's adventures as she faces head on the challenges of everyday life in a new country with two children, one of whom has special needs.We laugh with her as she drives on the other side of the road, grapples with the Australian vernacular and its penchant for understatement, and ponders the prevalence of local wildlife that could kill. We cheer for her when she sets up the NBC Australasian bureau at from her home in the Wombat Forest, reporting from a specially constructed sound booth in the garage, located between her husband's Mustang and the chook shed. Most of all, we see a mother, a wife and a reporter determined to create her own Australian memories, not one on loan from her husband.Warm, uplifting and inspiring, An American in Oz will steal your heart.

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''Wonderfully evocative and richly layered, I couldn''t put it down'' Alex Brown Painful secrets have kept them apart... could Christmas bring them together at last?London, 1984. Lori and Roland. Anna and Jude. Young, attractive and carefree, these two couples are inseparable friends. Holidaying together in France seems like the perfect idea... until one reckless mistake tears them apart.Sydney, 2019. Ceri doesn''t know the strange man who introduces himself as a friend of her parents. Her relationship with her mother was already fraught with tension... but now she needs answers. Because this man says he''s her biological father.Born on Christmas Day, Christmas has always been an extra special time for Ceri. As it draws near, can she find a way to unravel the secrets of the past... and protect her family?A rich and warm-hearted family drama, perfect for fans of Fern Britton, Emma Hannigan and Cathy Kelly.

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'Wonderfully evocative and richly layered, I couldn't put it down' Alex BrownPainful secrets have kept them apart... can the truth bring them together?London, 1984. Lori and Roland. Anna and Jude. Young, attractive and carefree, thesetwo couples are inseparable friends. A holiday together in Paris seems like the perfectidea... until one reckless mistake tears them apart.Sydney, 2019. Ceri doesn't know the strange man who introduces himself as a friend ofher parents. Her relationship with her mother was already fraught with tension... but nowshe needs answers. Because this man says he's her biological father.Can Ceri find a way to unravel the secrets of the past... and protect her family?A rich and warm-hearted family drama, perfect for fans of Fern Britton, EmmaHannigan and Cathy Kelly.Readers love Sara James' family drama Mothering Sunday:'I read this book in one sitting!' 'A beautiful read' 'Such a joyous story' 'A real page turner' 'This is a book to escape into'

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'A tender and heart-breaking story with a shocking family secret at its centre...I was weeping happy tears at the end' Saskia SarginsonOne crisp and bright Mothering Sunday, Alexandra Abbott's now elderly mother, Elizabeth, reveals a secret that she has kept buried for over 50 years...April 1963: Aspiring artist Kitty Campbell has recently given birth to her first child in a mother and baby home. Kitty is to give her baby away for adoption but, when the day comes, she can't bring herself to part with her tiny daughter.In desperation, Kitty flees. She stops at a tea shop to feed her hungry baby and meets the owner, Bet - a mother with her own heartache to bear. But Bet is kind to Kitty, holding the baby and offering a listening ear.Then Kitty makes a decision that will change all their lives for ever. Several decades later, can the truth from that day finally right the past and bring a mother and daughter together? A heart-rending family drama perfect for fans of Fern Britten, Rachel Hore and Dilly Court. "Full of insight and wisdom, Mothering Sunday is an inspirational story with uplifting messages about family love, belonging and second chances... the perfect gift for your own special mum" Lancashire Post

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