Ladies in Black
Book description
Now a major motion picture starring Rachael Taylor, Angourie Rice and Jullia Ormond.
At the very end of the Ladies’ Frocks Departments, past Cocktail Frocks, there was something very special, something quite, quite wonderful; but it wasn’t for everybody: that was the point. Because there, at the very end, there…
Why read it?
1 author picked Ladies in Black as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
An Australian novel about happiness with the sort of dialogue and food that took me back to my childhood, it is a deliciously reassuring story.
Like many, I can spend too much time on the internet or watching TV, which often leaves me feeling dissatisfied. Ladies in Black is the sort of read that reminds me that happiness is in the ordinary and is as fleeting as the clouds that pass over the sun.
From Kerrie's list on humor that make me comfortable with my own failings.
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