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Moth to the Flame, by Joy Dettman, Pan Macmillan Australia, $32.99. “You’re an interesting study, kiddo. You’ve got a 40-year-old seamstress’s hands, the look of a Botticelli angel and you play cards like a mafia boss …” Country Victorian author Joy Dettman knows how to write strong women, and 22-year-old mother of three illegitimate children, […]

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult, Allen & Unwin, $32.99. Once upon a time, there was only one way for babies to come into being. Now IVF, sperm donation and surrogacy have opened up a brave new world, where a child with two mums is no longer a rarity. Jodi Picoult’s latest novel focuses on […]

Notebooks by Betty Churcher, Miegunyah Press, $44.99 She was known as “Betty Blockbuster” when she was the director of the National Gallery of Australia because of her passion for bringing great international art to our shores. And when in 2003 Betty Churcher discovered she was losing her eyesight she set off on a global pilgrimage […]

Hypnotist by Lars Kepler, HarperCollins, $29.99. Riddled with irresistible, nail-biting suspense, this first-class Scandinavian thriller is one of the best I’ve ever read! When a Stockholm family is brutally murdered, surviving son, Josef Ek, remains seriously injured in hospital and in no condition to be questioned by police. Retired hypnotist, Erik Maria Bark, reluctantly agrees […]

The Andren Report by Peter Andren, Scribe, $30. Peter was my first boss at Prime TV in Orange. He nurtured my love of journalism and passion for rural Australia. In 1996, he took his fight to Canberra and created political history by becoming the independent member for Calare. He took on the big parties in […]

The stage of your relationship could be affecting your waistline, says dietitian and exercise physiologist Caitlin Reid. She investigates the potential weight danger zones throughout. When you’re dating Males and females eat less on a first date. Why? We suppress our food intake when eating with unfamiliar people, in situations where self-awareness is high. Society […]

You are what you eat. So if you’re finding yourself moody and tired, taking a look at your diet may help to explain a few things. Making a few tweaks to your diet can help to boost your mood. Here nutritionist and exercise physiologist Caitlin Reid reveals five foods that can help lift your spirits. […]

The star of ’90s TV show The Nanny, Fran Drescher, will be imitating life in her new TV show Happily Divorced, which she has based on her own relationship with her gay ex-husband. The 53-year-old’s new show, which premieres on June 15 in the US, is about a woman whose husband turns out to be […]

Courteney Cox has unveiled her new Malibu dream house in the latest issue of Elle Decor magazine. The 46-year-old actress’ new home is spread over two acres and features guest cottages, a tennis court, a cinema, a salt water swimming pool and a fast food stand, all with commanding views of the Pacific Ocean. “I […]

Royal biographer Andrew Morton reveals when we will hear the happy news and even predicts the sex of the baby!. Glowing with happiness, the Duchess of Cambridge was the centre of attention at the UK’s Epsom Derby race day last week, upstaging even the Queen. Not that any of the royal family appeared to mind […]