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Jane Tara

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

Website

http://www.janetara.com

Twitter

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Genre

Contemporary, Humor and Comedy, Self Help

Influences

Female travellers like Jane Digby.

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April 2012

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Jane Tara has published over a hundred children's books, several plays and five novels. She's a daily meditator, a sucker for a rescue mutt and, most of all, a front-row cheerleader for her two sons. She spent thirteen years wandering the world and lived in five countries but is now happily at home in Sydney.

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Jane Tara’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 5,805 ratings · 1,058 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tilda Is Visible 3.98 avg rating — 5,209 ratings — published 2025 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forecast (Shakespeare Sisters, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happy Endings Book Club 3.22 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble Brewing (Magic Romance #2) 3.86 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hamlet's Ghost (Magic Romance #1) 4.19 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fish Out of Water (The Lost Girls, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off the Map (The Lost Girls #2) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around the World in 80 Ways: 80 fun things to do with little travellers on long trips it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Day Delivery 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Surprise In Her Stocking 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Lost Girls

It's out! Finally, book 1 of my new series THE LOST GIRLS. I'm so excited to share this with everyone.
Contemporary YA romance and travel...

Sometimes you need to get lost to find yourself.

• 5 friends
• 8 countries
• 1 amazing adventure

An exciting new series about friendship travel and love

Book 1 is FISH OUT OF WATER, set in one of my favourite places in the world... Japan.

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Magic Romance (3 books)
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3.60 avg rating — 404 ratings

The Lost Girls (2 books)
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Quotes by Jane Tara (?)

“Whenever my mum gets depressed about her age, she goes to Paris.”
― Jane Tara, The Happy Endings Book Club

tags: growing-older, paris

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“It’s often only as beauty fades that it becomes apparent it was ever there.”
― Jane Tara, The Happy Endings Book Club

tags: aging-gracefully, beauty

8 likes

“Age has taught me that what other people think of me is none of my business.”
― Jane Tara, The Happy Endings Book Club

tags: age, growing-older, women-and-ageing

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Polls

June ~ Side Reads BotM- 1st Poll

Top 5 books move on to 2nd Poll

Necessary Lies

by Diane Chamberlain

13 votes, 21.0%

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker

9 votes, 14.5%

The Happy Endings Book Club

by Jane Tara

8 votes, 12.9%

The Boy in the Suitcase

by Lene Kaaberbøl

5 votes, 8.1%

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

5 votes, 8.1%

The House at the End of Hope Street

by Menna van Praag

5 votes, 8.1%

The Hour I First Believed

by Wally Lamb

5 votes, 8.1%

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton

4 votes, 6.5%

Matched

by Ally Condie

4 votes, 6.5%

Guests on Earth

by Lee Smith

3 votes, 4.8%

Honolulu

by Alan Brennert

1 vote, 1.6%

62 total votes

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Jane’s Quotes

“Support groups are like bras – some aren’t that supportive.”
― Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

tags: ageing-well, humor, women, women-empowerment

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“We can’t force healing on anyone else. All you can do is be a beacon of light for others.”
― Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

tags: ageing-well, healing, women, women-empowerment

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“Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts.”
― Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

tags: ageing, getting-older, women, women-empowerment

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“How the world sees us, how other people see us is meaningless. What’s important is how we see ourselves. We must be visible to ourselves.”
― Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

tags: ageing, visibility, visibility-quotes, women

4 likes