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Nikki Gemmell

Author of The Bride Stripped Bare

18+ Works 1,695 Members 40 Reviews 6 Favorited

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Writers on writing (2002) — Contributor — 29 copies
Penguin Australian Summer Stories (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies

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Lovely tale of an ex-pat’s return to Australia. I think this would be a really good book for non-Australians to read. Many childhood memories in this.
 
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secondhandrose | 1 other review | Oct 31, 2023 |
The author had the main character think things about men that I've thought many, many times. I had no idea where the book was going to go, and as I got deeper and deeper into it, I found myself nodding and saying "exactly!".

But.....then the madness for a baby got in the way, and just annoyed me. Not everyone wants kids, and I'd love to have seen this story in an alternate universe where her biological clock was NOT ticking. That's all I'm going to say, no spoilers here.

Oh, and if you try to figure out the content of the mini-chapters by the lines above each starting page, don't bother. It makes no sense at all.… (more)
 
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kwskultety | 20 other reviews | Jul 4, 2023 |
While I couldn’t stop reading, it was a jumpy read.
 
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vdt_melbourne | 1 other review | May 30, 2021 |

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