Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude Get A Life (1995)

A very enjoyable easy read.

It tells of one momentous year in the life of three country girls who are sharing a house in Melbourne for their first year of Uni. Katerina is a blonde goddess rich bitch; Jude's father was killed in Chile and she is determined to become a doctor like him and continue his good work; and Carmel is shy and insecure but with the voice of an angel.

The story is told by all three of them - Carmel, then Jude, then Katerina.

I liked Carmel's story the best, I could identify with her the most. The first half of Jude's story dragged the whole book for a while, until things got meaty and interesting. And Katerina's story is very good, but felt a bit rushed after the first two stories. ( )

a good read well before it became a movie. took you back all those years to uni days. ( )

My favourite Australian novel, bar none. ( )