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by Boomert - Roadside Sisters by Wendy Harmer 11 Jan 2010
Three women, friends from the ‘old’ days but distanced now by families, jobs and life choices, take to the road in an Elvis-festooned caravan in Harmer’s latest novel, Roadside Sisters. Nina is a footballer’s wife with three sons and no space to call her own. Meredith provides interiors for other women’s houses, giving her life meaning by differentiating between ecru and beige tablecloths. And Annie, the youngest of the bunch, is divorced, disillusioned and drunk. Once close friends, these women no longer seem to have anything in common, but when Nina bullies them into a trip from Melbourne to Byron Bay in a misguided search for an ‘Oprah moment’, they find themselves agreeing. A novel about getting lost to find yourself, and the often misunderstood treasure of having friends who knew you back when, occasionally slips into schmaltz and sets up paradigm shifts that are never followed through. These minor flaws, however, can be overlooked for the humour, readability and general feel-good tone. Roadside Sisters is easy and light, perfect for the beach, or with a cocktail on a hot summer night.

This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine (March 2009, Vol 88, No 6.) is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker.

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