Three Girls From Sydney

A book about three young women from Sydney who find adventure & romance in Sydney, London, Paris & Venice. A story full of laughter & the occasional sadness. A story that perhaps mirrors all our lives.

Girl on the Edge is the incredible memoir of Kim Hodges, detailing her adolescent experiences growing up in a small rural town of NSW. Her mistreatment and tumultuous upbringing has niggled away in the back of her mind since she was seven years of age. Now a family woman with three children of her own, Kim has found the courage and discipline to work her story into words. Written through a child’s sensitive lens with reflections that could only be surmised and truly understood as an adult, Girl on the Edge explores identity, belonging, and alienation, as well as class, gender and power. Set in the landscape of the small NSW country town of Coolah, Kim’s coming of age story is far from quaint. Using her wry humour to offset the confronting content, Girl on the Edge is truly an arresting memoir.

"The three girls formed an indelible bond: roaming their community in search of hidden treasures for their 'Thing Finder box,' and hiding under the dining room table, eavesdropping as three generations of relatives gossiped and played the numbers. The girls spent countless afternoons together, ice skating in the nearby Lake Meadows apartment complex, swimming in the pool at the Ida B. Wells housing project, and daydreaming of their futures: Dawn a writer, Debra a doctor, Kim a teacher. Then they came to a precipice, a fraught rite of passage for all girls when the dangers and the harsh realities of the world burst the innocent bubble of childhood, when the choices they made could--and would--have devastating consequences. There was a razor thin margin of error--especially for brown girls"

Featuring strong, female protagonists, Three Girls, Three Stories, by authors Rudy Vasquez and Adriana Williamson, offers a collection of short stories that address a variety of topics and timeframes. "What's Next?" tells the story of a young secret agent who holds the fate of the world in her hands. She puts her life on the line to understand her emotions, doubts, and purpose. A teen is forced to cope with the mistakes she's made in "New Perspective." While doing so, she eventually learns life isn't quite what she thought, and she realizes the value of true friends and strong natural instincts. "Once Upon a Time" offers an epic poem which documents how the fates of two ancient kingdoms connect. Its drama and suspense culminates when a young heroine is thrown into battle in an attempt to unite her country, her family, and her love. Emotional and witty, Three Girls, Three Stories presents a unique collection of narratives featuring female characters and the lessons they learn.

From the author of the Fairy Tale Reform School and the Belles series comes a contemporary YA that sings with hilarity and fun. The Nightingales are in a serious funk. Bradley Academy's all-girl a cappella group used to be the pride of the sunshine state, but the Nightingales have recently fallen out of harmony. Best friends and co-captains Lidia Sato and Sydney Marino haven't been speaking ever since a boy came between them. And not just any boy-none other than Griffin Mancini, the lead singer of Bradley Academy's smug all-boy a capella group, the Kingfishers. The Nightingales have no chance of making it to the big state final if their captains are at each other's throats. Their only hope is new girl Julianna Ramirez. But in addition to her serious pipes, she has some serious stage fright. The Nightingales will have to come together if they want to shine at the upcoming competition and restore the group to its former glory.Turn It Up! follows Lidia, Sydney, and Julianna through the ups and downs of friendship, romance, competition, and finding the perfect song!

Every troubled couple has had it up to here with self-help books explaining how to make relationships work. This one addresses why they don't-and frankly, why some of them never will. In this unique and illuminating he said/she said guide to avoiding love-gone-wrong, 21 real-life couples spill it to widely-read advice columnist Sherry Amatenstein. What better way to make a relationship last than to learn from the ones that didn't?

After the happily-ever-afters, their stories go on. A collection of short stories in the Heart Falls world by New York Times bestselling Author Vivian Arend. One of the great parts of writing a long family saga is that I get to revisit characters who have already found their happily-ever-after. Over the past years, I’ve written short vignettes featuring beloved characters from the Heart Falls series. They’re written specifically for readers who have already enjoyed the main stories. Some of these visits with favourite friends were previously sent out in newsletters. Check first to see where each vignette fits into the full series if you want to avoid spoilers for books you haven’t yet read! This collection contains a brand-new short story for Walker and Ivy Stone, as well, and it’s the ONLY place to read this story! THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS: Reading List for Heart Falls AND a family tree/character list The following girls/guys night out vignettes: Glamour & Truth Ashton's Birthday Surprise Mischief at the Fire Hall Sharing Secrets And the short story: A Forever Family For the past year, Ivy and Walker Stone have been working to expand their family. They’ve filled out forms until their fingers cramped, had home visits with social workers, and planned for the future. Walker and his brothers have done construction and renovations to his and Ivy’s home in Heart Falls to make room for the coming new additions. And now the day they’ve waited for is about to arrive. *Bonus… Tucker and Ginny’s wedding is included in this story! ---- Keywords: Canadian Author, cowboy, western, contemporary, small town For readers who enjoy: Jennifer Ryan, Joan Johnston, Kate Pearce, Linda Lael Miller, Lindsay McKenna, Diana Palmer, Maisey Yates, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Lorelei James.

Raped and reduced to working in a brothel to keep her baby, unwed, teenage mother, Lizzie, forges a new life for herself and her child in the Kimberley region of Australia. But can she evade her persecutors and ultimately bring to them to justice? This is a story of a girl from inner Sydney. Her family is poor, her father dies when she is nine, life is hard. But her courage rises above adversity. It is story of her struggle to survive and make a life of her own, first as a prostitute, then with her child in a remote outback town. This is the second book in the series, "Old Balmain House" and begins in the same house as the first book and continues part of the story of Sophie, the girl who vanished half a century ago. Lizzie, aged eight, meets Sophie, the girl who lived in the same bedroom as a child. Sophie becomes her friend. When Lizzie turns fifteen Sophie tries to warn her not to go in a car with three older boys. Lizzie ignores her warning and is brutally raped by these three men. Lizzie becomes pregnant and is determined to keep her child. She leaves Sydney and goes to Melbourne, to have and keep her baby. Here, penniless and desperate, she become a prostitute the only way she can support herself. She is discovered and the authorities try to take her child. She flees to Broome, a small town in the furthest corner of of Australia. Here she assumes the role of widow with a small child and settles into this friendly town. Her life is good until a man from her former life finds her and threatens to expose her or harm her child. She runs again. On a remote desert road her car breaks down. Without water, with her six year old daughter beside her, they face death from thirst. Help comes in an unexpected way. She takes refuge in a local aboriginal community. Her school friend from Balmain, now a journalist, seeks retribution from the the men who raped Lizzie many years ago and have continued their ways with others. Now, as successful business men, they seek to use the law to deny justice.