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1960s Adelaide frames a suburban family story shaped by shifting ideas about marriage, duty and women’s lives. As Cathy questions the future laid out for her and young Evelyn begins to see the cost of the dreams around her, the arrival of the contraceptive pill opens up new possibilities and new conflict.

Set against changing social attitudes and older moral certainties, the novel follows ordinary women as they confront pressure from family, church and doctors. It will suit readers drawn to domestic fiction with a strong historical setting and a clear focus on women’s changing choices and freedoms.