Books

The Gallery of Vanished Husbands, by Natasha Solomons, Sceptre It is 1958 and on Juliet Montague’s thirtieth birthday she heads out to spend her scrimped for savings on a fridge — those new conveniences transforming housewives’ lives all over the world and the perfect addition to a good Jewish mother’s kitchen. Instead she commissions a […]

As makeover week hits Australia’s Next Top Model, judges Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson make one mum feel like a million bucks. Her daughter Ashley Fitzgerald is strutting her stuff on Australia’s Next Top Model, but it’s mum Tammy who gets the star treatment when when the show’s judges Charlotte Dawson and Alex Perry visit […]

Longbourn by Jo Baker, Doubleday. Did the publishers back in 1813 have any inkling of the level of popularity Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice would reach? Possibly not. Yet, 200 years later, that appeal is still palpable, so English author Jo Baker has either done a very smart or a very naive thing with her […]

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Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty, Allen and Unwin, $29.99. Courtroom drama, psychological thriller, erotic fantasy — Louise Doughty’s Apple Tree Yard is all of these and more. It’s an intriguing examination of predatory sex, of lust and of where women sit in this world of daring behaviour and blind trust. It’s also a novel […]

Sunrise host Melissa Doyle has announced she is leaving the popular morning show after 12 years. Breaking the news on air this morning, Mel said she loved every minute of working with the Sunrise team including her good friend and co-host David Koch. “For nearly 15 of the past 17 years, my alarm clock has […]

The Block’s Bec opens up about losing her mum, and why she and George will fulfil Rosa’s dying wish to stay on the show. It’s been three months since Bec Douros’s mum Rosa died after a long battle with breast cancer, but for The Block: Sky High favourite, this past week has felt like losing […]

And the Mountains Echoed , by Khaled Hosseini, Bloomsbury, $32.99. There’s something deliciously engulfing about Khaled Hosseini’s writing, taking us on a journey so intense and recognisable that you never want to let go. It doesn’t matter that the lands he transports us to are faraway and unfamiliar. In fact, it makes the story even […]

Portrayed as a villain, the besieged dad says the show made life hell for him and his daughter. Resident Biggest Loser “bad guy” Richard Roach says he is paying a heavy price for his slim new frame. As the series reaches its climax this week, “King Richard” has gone on the offensive, speaking out to […]

TV’s Rhonda took leave so Mandy McElhinney could play the part of a lifetime. When it came to nabbing the role she believed she was destined to play, actress Mandy McElhinney was determined to put her, well, best “brake foot” forward. The hugely talented Mandy – who brought to life AAMI’s beloved “hot like a […]