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The Golden Child
The Golden Child | Wendy James
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Can bad children happen to good mothers? A totally absorbing novel, for readers of Liane Moriarty, Lionel Shriver and Christos Tsiolkas. Blogger Lizzy's life is buzzing, happy, normal. Two gorgeous children, a handsome husband, destiny under control. For her real-life alter-ego Beth, things are unravelling. Tensions are simmering with her husband, mother-in-law and even her own mother. Her teenage daughters, once the objects of her existence, have moved beyond her grasp and one of them has shown signs of, well, thoughtlessness ... Then a classmate of one daughter is callously bullied and the finger of blame is pointed at Beth's clever, beautiful child. Shattered, shamed and frightened, two families must negotiate worlds of cruelty they are totally ill-equipped for. This is a novel that grapples with modern-day spectres of selfies, selfishness and cyberbullying. It plays with our fears of parenting, social media and Queen Bees, and it asks the question: just how well do you know your child? PRAISE FOR THE GOLDEN CHILD 'This is an engaging and intimate read ... 4 Stars' Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'Brilliant. Such a clever plot, and such real characters, and so very, very well written' Danielle Hawkins, author PRAISE FOR WENDY JAMES'S OTHER BOOKS 'A wonderful, unputdownable story by a great Australian author' Liane Moriarty, Australian Women's Weekly 'A penetrating picture of our life and times . . . a knockout' Canberra Times 'Cunning psychological portraits and clean prose make for an absorbing domestic thriller' The Age
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Jeg
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Have the feeling I‘ve read this before. 😊. Did we do it for bookclub @MrsMalaprop ? Finished last night after my big reading day. I knew the ending so I‘m thinking I have read it before. Would be a good holiday read. Teenagers girls and social media, parents and social media. Family dynamics.
#2020joybooks

MrsMalaprop Nope, not a book club read. 😊 4y
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Jeg
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About to start this for #AuDayReadathon

Rissreads The tag line 'Can bad children happen to good mothers?' Really interested me but not as much when I realised it was fiction, not non-fiction. I'm still interested to hear what you think as I've never heard of this book. 4y
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Freespirit
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Excited to be heading to our local library today to see three Australian authors speak about crime writing 😍 It‘s a panel discussion so should be fascinating!
#crime #ozfiction

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IReadThereforeIBlog
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Wendy James‘s psychological thriller is a sharply observed affair on bullies and their victims and I enjoyed both the way James highlights the difference between the life Beth constructs for herself on her blog compared with what‘s actually happening and the slow reveal of Charlotte‘s borderline psychopathy but I wasn‘t convinced by the twist ending (especially the set-up for it, which seemed a little undercooked).

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Michelle_mck
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Oh man, I'm glad I'm not a parent to teenagers, this was an interesting book, it didn't go quite in the direction I was expecting but it was still interesting. I didn't love some of the characters so gnat may have impacted the way I viewed the book. Bullying, the internet, stay home mum/working Mum... all important topics and it was well handled I just didn't love it

Beckys_Books Teenagers suck...just saying 7y
Michelle_mck @Beckys_Books ha ha ha 😂 7y
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Michelle_mck
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This is an interesting book so far, making me very uncomfortable, what is it about mean teenage girls? #aussieauthors #aww

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HeySaidRenee
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Can bad children happen to good mothers?

Domestic thriller about bullying. Totally enthralling. Five stars. Read it.

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awonderinglife
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I really wanted to like this book - engaging writing style, fast pace, kept me turning the pages but... I felt tricked a little by the author. I thought I was reading a novel about the harmful impacts of teenage bullying and it somehow turned into a 'who done it'! I felt as though this completely glossed over the bullying issue with no real consequences for the perpetrator. Disappointed.

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1girl2manybooks
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#readjanuary 31. #BestofJanuary my 4 fave reads of the month

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