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Fran Cusworth

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Fran Cusworth is an Australian author and freelance writer, who lives in Melbourne with her husband and two young sons.
Her new and fourth novel, The Near Miss, is a suburban family comedy which sees three very different people thrown together after a near-death accident.
Grace, hardworking and tired, wants another baby. But she's dealing with debt, a manic 4-year-old and a jobless husband determined to make his inventions into reality. Can both Grace and Tom get their way, or will competing dreams tear their marriage apart?
Eddy analyses risk for a living, but his insecurities have brought his own life to a halt. He won't let go of the flighty, unfaithful Romy, but will he ever risk believing in himself?
Melody is trying to raise her son Ski
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Average rating: 3.46 · 217 ratings · 42 reviews · 6 distinct worksSimilar authors
Sisters of Spicefield

3.42 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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The Near Miss

3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Hopetoun Wives

3.19 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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The Love Child

3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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The Near Miss

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Und plötzlich warst du da

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A woman lives in quiet order in rural Holland when her brother’s girlfriend is forced to stay with her for a month and the past unravels to change their lives. Written with restraint and yet eventually explosive. This is a stunning debut novel that w ...more
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Seriously adored this story of Mickey and her journey through the world of running, from when she first fell in love with it as a dyslexic early teen in New Zealand who finally felt good at something, to the closing kms of her first marathon as an ol ...more
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A seismic year in 12 year old Andie’s life sees her farewell childhood and come to see the world anew. The low-rent world of dog racing provides the backdrop and the metaphor for the raising, training and failing of young humans, and highlights the t ...more
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It took me ten months to meander through this book bit by bit, but it was a pleasure to read (ok not all the Russian stories were that great) and I learned a lot about the beautiful craft of fiction. George Saunders is so curious, funny, thoughtful a ...more
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A multi character, multi themed, multi storylined chunk of a novel that chronicles London, class, modern life and some of the great cruelties of our time, ie people smuggling, profiteering, poverty and sexual assault, in a work which also captures th ...more
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General book about run training, some good tips. 32 hours a week a good training point, perceived exhaustion point is misleading, beetroot juice is good. Ok
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The tragic tale of the 1996 Everest spring climbing season in which 8-12 people? died and a story of human ego, wealth and vanity out of control. This story should come with a warning: it will completely consume you until you finish. Harrowing!
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