The Patterson Girls

Publisher details

Author
Rachael Johns
Publisher
Harlequin
Genre
Rural Romance
Released
17 September, 2015
ISBN
9781743693070

The Patterson Girls

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Synopsis

Why We Love It: We fell in love with the Patterson sisters ­ ­– four women trying to find their way in life after the loss of their beloved mother. It’s funny yet sad and poignant but ultimately life-affirming.

Six months after their mother dies, the four Patterson sisters return from their various corners of the world to spend Christmas with their dad, the first since their loss. But Dad isn’t too coping too well looking after the family motel in the rural town of Meadow Brook in South Australia.

When they try to help him out by dealing with their mother’s belongings that have lain just as she left them, they uncover a family secret that could have consequences for all of them.

After the holidays, the sisters, aged in their twenties and thirties, return to their homes and try to navigate the complexities of their lives with lovers, husbands, and potential partners. But nothing seems to be going right for any of them.

Madelaine, a high-flying obstetrician in the US is in love with her best friend, but he’s engaged to someone else. Lucinda is happily married to Joe in Perth but her obsessive desire to have a baby is starting to ruin their relationship, and accomplished violin player Abigail is falling apart in London after losing her fabulous job and falling in love with a guy who just wants a casual affair. Meanwhile, youngest sister Charlie seems to be the only one with her feet firmly on the ground. She offers to give up her ‘unimportant’ job in Melbourne as a waitress, to help her father with the running of the motel.

But what happens next will have you turning the pages as this heartwarming story of four sisters leads to a nail-biting and dramatic conclusion. Johns has crafted a great story about four different and highly likeable female characters that’s relevant to the real-world problems faced by women today, both in rural Australia and world cities. The Patterson Girls is a delightful read, a perfect summer book, and the final pages will have you on the edge of your seat.

Rachael Johns is one of Australia’s best-loved rural romance writers. Her novels include The Road to Hope and Jilted, which won Favourite Australian Contemporary Romance in 2012 and she was voted in the Top Ten of Booktopia’s Favourite Australian Author poll in 2013.

 Take the quiz to find out which Patterson Girl are you?[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="http://www.betterreading.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Patterson-Girls-Top-5-Must-Haves.mp4"][/video]#12 in Australia's Top 100 2016
Rachael Johns
About the author

Rachael Johns

Rachael Johns, an English teacher by trade and a mum 24/7, is the bestselling ABIA-winning author of The Patterson Girls and a number of other romance and women's fiction books including The Art of Keeping Secrets, The Greatest Gift and Lost Without You. She is currently Australia's leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women's issues, a genre she has coined ‘life-lit'. Rachael lives in the Perth hills with her hyperactive husband, three mostly gorgeous heroes-in-training and a very badly behaved dog. She rarely sleeps and never irons.

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            1. Lea-Anne London says:

              How do I know the age group that a promoted text is suitable for?

              • Better Reading says:

                Hi Lea-Anne,
                The Patterson Girls is a book that’s appropriate for adults. We have a kids section which gives some guidance on books for kids. Thanks, BR