Jessica Dettmann
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'I can't face another week of deciding on dinner.'
Shall we make it into Horizontal Spag Bol (lasagne)? Or will we do Shepherd's Pie and act like it isn't just Bolognese under mash? Or will we add Mexican spices and eat it in taco shells? Or will we season it with soy sauce and have it with rice and pretend it's Japanese? It's the relentless carousel of chicken breasts, something vegetarian, fish if I can convince everyone to get on board, and then pasta pasta pasta until we feel we deserve a pizza. Then the whole sorry thing starts again.
Your Friend and Mine by Jessica Dettmann
'Dettmann at her hilarious and heartwarming best.' Tim Minchin When Margot receives an email from her best friend it comes as a shock ... seeing as Tess died twenty years ago. Margot is catapulted back to 2000, meeting the confident English backpacker visiting Sydney, where their intense friendship led to plans to travel back to Europe together. But then Margot fell in love with Johnny, and she never made it to London. Margot still feels guilty for letting Tess down.
Book talk: romance and family
Jeff Popple reviews three new books about romance, family, and Victorian séances. More of Jeff’s reviews can be found on his blog: murdermayhemandlongdogs.com Without Further Adoby Jessica Dettmann Harper Collins, $32.99 Popular Australian author Jessica Dettmann produces another witty slice of escapism with Without Further Ado. Since she was 16, Willa’s touchstone has been the 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing.
Simply Delightful: Read an Extract from Without Further Ado by Jessica Dettmann
‘Stop sighing and delete that app.’ Willa looked up from her phone with a start, blinking her way back into consciousness as if a stage-hypnotist had just released her from his control. She wasn’t aware she’d made a sound. She locked her phone, but still men’s faces seemed to float in the air before her, three-quarter profiles and folded arms with bulging biceps burned into her retinas.
A Refreshing Rom-Com: Read Our Review of Without Further Ado by Jessica Dettmann
Can a modern woman take lessons in love from Shakespeare? Beth O’Leary meets 10 Things I Hate About You in this sparkling romantic comedy from beloved Aussie author Jessica Dettmann. ‘Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. Men were deceivers ever…’ Since she was sixteen, Willa’s curious touchstone in life and work has been the 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing. She’s always looking for The Feeling, the stirring in her heart – and loins – that she gets when watching the opening scenes.
This Has Been Absolutely Lovely
Synopsis Molly's a millennial home organiser about to have her first baby. Obviously, her mum, Annie, will help with the childcare. Everyone else's parents are doing it. But Annie's dreams of music stardom have been on hold for thirty-five years, paused by childbirth then buried under her responsibilities as a mother, wage earner, wife, and only child of ailing parents. Finally, she can taste freedom.
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