Meanjin Vol 77, No 2

Literature & Fiction

DOROTHY KOOMSON

Essays & Correspondence

Meanjin

How far would you go for the best friend who broke your heart? The enchanting story of the unforgettable bond between a single woman and a five year old girl. Wonderful.

My Best Friend's Girl: A Novel

Women's Fiction

Bantam Discovery

The Ice Cream Girls

Hachette Audio

Marshmallows for Breakfast [Paperback] Dorothy Koomson

Contemporary

SPHERE

Amber Salpone doesn't keen to keep ending up in bed with her friend Greg Walterson, but she can't help herself. And every time it "just happens" their secret affair moves closer to being a real relationship, which is a big problem when he's a womanizer and she's a commitment-phone. While Amber struggles to accept her new feelings for Greg, she also realizes that her closeness to Jen, her best friend, is slipping away and the two of them are becoming virtual strangers. Slowly but surely, as the stark truths of all their lives are revealed, Amber has to confront the fact that chocolate can't cure everything and sometimes running away isn't an option...The Chocolate Run is a delectable tale of lust, love and chocolate.

The Chocolate Run

Ceri D'Altroy's hero-worship of Oprah Winfrey is beginning to have serious repercussions. Bored with London life and writing yet another 'black is the new black' fashion feature, she's decided to take Oprah's advice and follow her heart's desire. Going back to college might not be everyone's dream but all Ceri's has ever wanted to do is teach...But though her professional life seems to be sorted, Ceri's personal life is still a no-go area. After six long, long, months without so much as a snog, she's given up hope of ever finding anyone who'll put up with her various idiosyncrasies. In fact just lately, her pent-up energies and frustrations seem to have been diverted into solving other people's romantic problems. Since arriving in Leeds she's reunited a happily uncoupled couple, encouraged her new flatmate to do something about his unrequited love and outed the closet relationship of two of her new colleagues. All this, in spite of her new life resolution to mind her own business. But is Ceri destined to always play Cupid? Or can she use some of her powers where they're needed most - to help herself?

The Cupid Effect

Nova Kumalisi would do anything for her closest friend, Mal Wacken. She owes him her life. So, when he asked her to be the surrogate mother for him and his wife, in spite of her fears about how it would alter their friendship, Nova agreed. Eight years later, Nova is bringing up their son alone, and she and Mal don't speak. Months into the pregnancy, Mal's wife changed her mind about the surrogacy agreement. Already suspicious of how close Nova and Mal were, Stephanie realised her strained marriage was in serious trouble when she found a text from her husband to Nova, saying, 'Goodnight, Beautiful'. She asked Mal to cut all ties with his closest friend and unborn child. Now, seven-year-old Leo is critically ill and Nova, despite her anger and hurt, wants Mal to have the chance to know his son before it's too late. Will it take a tragedy to remind them how much they mean to each other?

Goodnight, Beautiful: Everybody has secrets ... will this one break somebody's heart?

As teenagers, Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe were the only witnesses to a tragic event. amid heated public debate, the two seemingly glamorous teens were dubbed "The Ice Cream Girls:, by the press and were dealt with by the courts. Years later, having led very different lives, Poppy is keen to set the record straight about what happened, while Serena wants no one in her present to find out about her past. but some secrets will not stay buried-and if theirs is revealed, everything will become a living hell all over again...

Libby has a good life with a gorgeous husband and a home by the sea. But over time she is becoming more unsure if Jack has ever loved her - and if he is over the death of Eve, his first wife. When fate intervenes in their relationship, Libby decides to find out all she can about the man she hastily married and the seemingly perfect Eve. But in doing so she unearths devastating secrets. Frightened by what she finds and the damage it could cause, Libby starts to worry that she too will end up like the first woman Jack loved ...

Woman He Loved Before: She's Out of His Life, But Is She Out of His Heart?

Genre Fiction

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Meanjin Vol 77, No 2

My Best Friend's Girl: A Novel

The Ice Cream Girls

Marshmallows for Breakfast [Paperback] Dorothy Koomson

The Chocolate Run

The Cupid Effect

Goodnight, Beautiful: Everybody has secrets ... will this one break somebody's heart?

The Ice Cream Girls

Woman He Loved Before: She's Out of His Life, But Is She Out of His Heart?

The Cupid Effect