Blogs in January 1970

Puberty Blues 1st January 1970

Kathy Lette’s first novel, written with her surfie chick friend Gabrielle Carey, when they were eighteen. Written twenty years ago, PUBERTY BLUES is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took Australia by storm and spawned...

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Land’s Edge 1st January 1970

On childhood holidays to the western coast, Tim Winton’s days followed a joyous rhythm. In the mornings, the sun and surf kept him outside, in the water. In the afternoons, as the horizon wobbled with mirages and the wind...

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A Nurse Abroad 1st January 1970

In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills. Her father expected her to work locally, not too far from North Wales, where Anne had grown up, and to then settle down...

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Down Under 1st January 1970

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The Husband’s Secret 1st January 1970

At the heart of the top ten bestselling The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is a letter that’s not meant to be read . . . Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in...

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