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Text Staff holding their Mother's Day picks

 

In the words of James Joyce, ‘Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.’

Click here to find out what Texters are getting their mums for Mother’s Day or browse below to find the perfect book for yours.

Classic Mum
    The Women in Black

    The Women in Black

    Madeleine St John
    The Watch Tower

    The Watch Tower

    Elizabeth Harrower
    The Idea of Perfection

    The Idea of Perfection

    Kate Grenville
    Swords and Crowns and Rings

    Swords and Crowns and Rings

    Ruth Park
    I for Isobel

    I for Isobel

    Amy Witting
Romantic Mum
    The Rosie Project

    The Rosie Project

    Graeme Simsion
    The Rosie Effect

    The Rosie Effect

    Graeme Simsion
    Nine Days

    Nine Days

    Toni Jordan
    First Impressions

    First Impressions

    Charlie Lovett
New Mum Who Could Use A Laugh
    Go the F**k to Sleep

    Go the F**k to Sleep

    Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés
    You Have to F**king Eat

    You Have to F**king Eat

    Adam Mansbach and Owen Brozman
Deep Thinking Mum
    The Climb

    The Climb

    Geraldine Doogue
    The Most Good You Can Do

    The Most Good You Can Do

    Peter Singer
    The Conflict

    The Conflict

    Elisabeth Badinter
    This House of Grief

    This House of Grief

    Helen Garner
Mum Who Keeps It Real
    One Life

    One Life

    Kate Grenville
    Bloodhound

    Bloodhound

    Ramona Koval
    Between You & Me

    Between You & Me

    Mary Norris
    A Fifty-Year Silence

    A Fifty-Year Silence

    Miranda Richmond Mouillot
    Hello, Beautiful!

    Hello, Beautiful!

    Hannie Rayson
Mum Who Enjoys a Spine-Tingling Thriller
    The Truth and Other Lies

    The Truth and Other Lies

    Sascha Arango
    Second Life

    Second Life

    S. J. Watson
    Medea's Curse

    Medea’s Curse

    Anne Buist
    Before I Go To Sleep

    Before I Go To Sleep

    S. J. Watson
For the Very Busy Mum - A Collection of Short Stories
    Get In Trouble

    Get In Trouble

    Kelly Link
    Bobcat and Other Stories

    Bobcat and Other Stories

    Rebecca Lee
    The China Factory

    The China Factory

    Mary Costello
    Selected Stories

    Selected Stories

    Katherine Mansfield
    The Home Girls

    The Home Girls

    Olga Masters

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