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The Woman Next Door

Liz Byrski

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Aug 27, 2016 Brenda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, read-on-kindle, aussie-authors, net-galley, 2016-release, own-read, arc

Emerald Street in Fremantle, Western Australia housed people who started off as neighbours but had found lasting friendships. With Joyce and Mac, Helen and Dennis, Stella, and of course Polly, the friendships were deep and abiding. When Helen and Dennis sold their home in Emerald Street, moving to an apartment further away, things began to shift in the relationships.

Stella had been an actress in the soaps – nearing eighty she was starting to become forgetful which was worrying her friends. Mac ...more

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Mar 13, 2017 Kathryn rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-5-stars, reading-list-2017, fiction, australian-authors

4.5★ I do really enjoy Liz Byrski’s writing. The main subject matter of this book was not an easy one - watching a loved one decline into dementia is an awful experience. But the characters in this book tackle the hard tasks involved with great sensitivity. The sub-plots are also difficult ones, involving a manipulative relationship, and a marriage breakdown along with the breakup of long-standing friendships, with there being one twist about halfway through that I certainly didn’t see coming!!

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Mar 28, 2018 Tanya rated it liked it

In the interest of full disclosure, I wouldn't have bought this book. My Mum did, read it, and had no room for it in her house (they downsized in retirement) so gave it to me. I have this thing about reading a book though before it has a home here, so it sat on the TBR pile until, in all honesty, I had nothing else to read.

So imagine my surprise when I actually began to enjoy it! I can definitely see why Liz Byrski is a much loved author.

Joyce and Mac, Helen and Dennis, Polly, Stella have been n ...more

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