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Top Ten Tuesday – Australian Modern Literature

Posted by Kate W in Fiction and tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week a new ‘top ten’ challenge is posted – anyone can join in. This week’s topic is a ‘freebie‘ – book bloggers can go crazy on their pet topic.

I tossed around a few ideas for a theme – I love all things Art Deco and 1920s and I’m also always drawn to stories set in New York or New England – strong possibilities for my top ten. However, from my observation, most of the bloggers participating in Top Ten Tuesday live in the US so I figured this week’s ‘freebie’ was the perfect opportunity to wave the flag for some talented Australian authors (with a particular focus on books that have been published in recent years). Here’s my top ten: Continue reading →

‘Nice Girl’ by Rachael Chin

Posted by Kate W in Non-fiction and tagged with , , , ,

True crime is not my usual reading genre but I have devoured every word written about the case of Keli Lane and her daughter, Tegan. In a nutshell (and I’ll lift it straight from the blurb of Nice Girl) it’s –

The story of Australian Keli Lane, water polo champion and elite private school teacher, who did not want children, yet became pregnant 5 times in 7 years. She had two abortions and three births. At no time did her family, friends and lovers know that Keli was pregnant. Two babies were adopted and one, Tegan Lane went missing. Keli has been charged with her murder.

The story is nothing short of bizarre and piqued my interest for a number of reasons. Primarily, as a mother, I simply can’t get a handle on Keli Lane’s actions. I won’t hash over what she did and why she did it – police, lawyers and a jury have spent thousands of hours trying to work out Keli Lane and are still none the wiser. Continue reading →