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Lorena Otes

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Sydney NSW, Australia

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https://www.lorenaotes.com.au/

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Memoir, Fiction

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Born and bred on Sydney’s Northern beaches, Lorena Otes is a mother, author and dance teacher. Her deeply personal memoir, Solo Mum by Choice (Hawkeye Publishing), tells of her journey to and through a unique but exponentially growing version of solo motherhood through the lens of her own experience. It placed runner-up in the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize 2024.

She has written for Feels Blind Literary, The Brussels Review, Mamamia Online, and Bounty Parents. Her humour articles have appeared in Witcraft Magazine, Defenestration Literary Humour Magazine, Scalar Comet, and Little Old Lady Comedy.

Lorena is a flash-fiction-writing tragic. Her stories have longlisted in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Furious Fiction competit ...more

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Solo Mum by Choice

4.91 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2026 — 2 editions

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Jul 07, 2026 07:30AM · see review
Lorena Otes liked Sarah Todman's review of Solo Mum by Choice: "I cried many times while reading this beautiful, heartfelt memoir, but the passage below absolutely wrecked me. 'That's the thing about IVF: everyone dwells on how hard it is. And yes, getting failure after failure is bloody hard. But in those failed" Read more of this review »
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Lorena Otes rated a book it was amazing Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink by Ariane Beeston	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
Stunning, upsetting, but ultimately hopeful. Ariane Beeston has left nothing on the table with this exquisitely written, raw, heartbreaking account of postpartum psychosis. With depth and honesty, readers are immersed into her world and at times it c ...more
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Lorena Otes rated a book it was amazing Under Silkwood by Greg Bourke	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
Set in the cane fields of north Queensland, Under Silkwood has a little bit of everything – from intrigue, romance, scandal and secrets (so many secrets). There are surprising twists too, and I was compelled through to the very end. When young gradua ...more
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Lorena Otes rated a book it was amazing When The Party's Over by Katie Hoskins	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
When The Party's Over is a stunning debut that will rock you to your core. What would you do if one of your small children swallowed part of an ecstasy pill the morning after a wild birthday party in your house the previous night? Who will point the ...more
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Lorena Otes is now following Katie Hoskins Author of When The Party's Over
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Lorena Otes rated a book it was amazing Don't Forget to Smile by Ariane Beeston	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
When a book is like a bestie. And because Ariane Beeston has walked the walk, this is a read that touches the heart and rings true on multiple levels. 'Don't Forget to Smile' has been a highlight read for me so far for 2026. Set in a full time ballet ...more
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Lorena Otes rated a book it was amazing Marooned: A Memoir of Fandom, Fatherhood and the Far Side of the World by Darren Groth (Goodreads Author)	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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Lorena Otes rated a book it was amazing Between Before and After by Edita Mujkic (Goodreads Author)	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
An exceptional and eye-opening memoir told with rawness and vulnerability. I couldn’t believe what I was reading at some points and was on the edge of my seat til the end. The final pages are a beautifully craft to give a feeling of conclusion and ho ...more
Jun 28, 2026 07:18PM · like · see review
Lorena Otes wants to read The Wall Within by Laura Morris (Goodreads Author)	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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