AWW22 Into Her Own Hands - Jane Caro and Debra Oswald

Chaired by Collette Snowden


The strong female protagonists in Jane Caro’s The Mother and
Debra Oswald’s The Family Doctor take matters into their own
hands. Debra’s Paula is a dedicated suburban GP, devastated by
the murder of a friend and her children by their estranged
husband and father. Jane’s Miriam is a successful businesswoman
whose life is upended when her daughter’s marriage turns sour.
These provocative, urgent novels brim with fury, grief and deep
love as they explore what happens when you are tested to the
limit, and ask when is it justified to fight fire with fire?