Launch of People Like Us (Magandjin)

Join us for the launch of People Like Us by Sally Piper. Sally will be joined in conversation by Susan Hocking.

*Sally Piper will be donating her royalties from book sales on the night to the not-for-profit organisation Sharing with Friends.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

After Tina Lamb loses her family home in a bitter divorce, she finds herself living in a caravan on the city's fringes. Having raised four children and nursed her dying mum, she was not anticipating making a new start alone or from scratch. And while some of her new neighbours are welcoming, she soon finds herself getting far more attention than she bargained for.

When Tina finds work caring for a wealthy elderly woman, it is a welcome break from an ageist, sexist job market. But Mrs Bell is anything but predictable. Highly educated, acerbic and intimidating, she is not the straightforward charge that Tina had hoped for. As the two women form an unlikely friendship, they soon discover that financial security is about more than having money.

Topical and absorbing, People Like Us celebrates the power of female friendships and the promise of new beginnings found in unexpected places.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sally Piper is the author of four novels: Grace’s Table; The Geography of Friendship, which was shortlisted for the ABIA Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year; Bone Memories, a finalist in the Queensland Literary Awards for a Work of State Significance and the People’s Choice Book of the Year Award, and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a Davitt Award and her latest People Like Us. Her short fiction and non-fiction have been published in Australia and the UK, including Griffith Review, The Saturday Paper, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Weekend Australian. Sally holds a Master of Arts (Research) in Creative Writing from Queensland University of Technology. She is an active member of the Queensland writing community, where she presents workshops, leads in-conversations and mentors other writers.

*Sally will be donating her royalties from book sales on the night to the not-for-profit organisation Sharing with Friends.

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