The challenges and issues faced by several women and their family in contemporay Australia. many of these women had met in pubs and cafes in the 60's as they were part of the Women's movement. Noe time has moved on and they have experienced life including families and their success and problems, marriage failures, new romances and a loss of focus and confidence.
In remeeting some of the old passion comes into their life and their days are changed as a result. This novel focuses on friendship and family. Although readable it was not up the compulsive read that was the Gang of four. ( )

This is a quite readable story which, despite being a little contrived in places, has enough realism to keep me interested. What's more, I was even emotionally involved at times, but that may be more a reflection of my soppy sentimentalism than the quality of the writing. I think Ms Byrski has made a quite reasonable attempt to look seriously at issues of self-acceptance and aging, with a particular emphasis on a woman's perspective. I'll be reading more of her books, courtesy of my local library (Stanton). ( )