The Patchwork Marriage

Author: Jane Green

Are love and devotion enough to create a happy family?

When Andi married Ethan, she not only got the man she loved but also the chance to be a mother, to his daughters Emily and Sophia.  Unable to have a child of her own, Andi saw this opportunity of motherhood as a precious gift.  If only it were that simple.

For this is not a happy family, and the trouble lies with Emily.  Her conflicted feelings towards her stepmother leave Andi feeling hated in her own home, despite years of trying to reach out to her stepdaughter.  And with each drama, Emily drives Andi and Ethan further apart.

Just as Andi starts to contemplate a life without Ethan and the girls, Emily comes home with some shocking news.  News that will change their lives forever.

Praise for Jane Green

'Genuinely moving, heartbreaking' Glamour

'Will have you hungrily turning page after page' Heat

'A tear-jerking read' Marie Claire

'A moving account of a family faced with a heartbreaking situation.  I defy anyone to get through to the end without crying' Sunday Express

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Book Cover: The Patchwork Marriage
By Jane Green

When he asked her to be his wife, he also wanted a mother for his children . . .

When Andi marries Ethan she gets a ready-made family in the shape of his daughters Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, and crazy in love with Ethan, she has a chance to make the perfect family. But teenager Emily's hostility leaves Andi feeling hated in her own home.



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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141038650
RRP: $19.99
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No strings attached . . .
 
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RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Bookends

Cath and Si are best friends.

Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love.  Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. They live near each other in West Hampstead, close to their other best friends Josh and Lucy - who are married, with a devil-spawn child called Max and a terrifying Swedish nanny, Ingrid.


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Published: 25/11/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140276527
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Straight Talking

From the bestselling author Jane Green

This could be about your best friend.  Or it might be about you.

Are you Tasha – single and still searching?

Are you one of her three best friends?
Andy, hooked on passion;
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Do you know an Andrew – suave, good looking and head over heels...










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This could be about your best friend.  Or it might be about you.

Are you Tasha – single and still searching?

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Published: 31/01/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141020976
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Beach House

From the bestselling author of Second Chance comes a captivating novel about the strength of family, friendship, and self-discovery.

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Published: 04/05/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141022031
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Life Swap

'Warm, witty and wise . . . everything we've come to expect from the queen of chick-lit'   Heat

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Julia and Mark are stuck in a loveless relationship.

Julia thinks a baby will help, but perhaps that isn't the answer to her problems . . .

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Format:Paperback, 496 pages
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ISBN-13:9780718154561
ISBN-10:0718154568
Publisher:Penguin UK

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25 May 2012
Australian Society of Authors 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award - winner

All That I Am by Anna Funder has won the Barbara Jefferis Award.

The award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.

Anna beat fellow Miles Franklin contenders Foal's Bread and Cold Light.

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