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Meredith Jaffe

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Meredith Jaffé is the author of four novels for adults— The Tricky Art of Forgiveness (2022), The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison (2021), The Making of Christina (2017) and The Fence (2016.) Her bestselling novel, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison, was voted in the 2021 Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award Top 50 and the 2022 Better Reading Top 100. She also writes for children.

She is the former Festival Director of StoryFest, held on the NSW South Coast, and regularly facilitates at other writers’ festivals, literary lunches and author events. In a previous life, she wrote the weekly literary column for the online women’s magazine The Hoopla. Her reviews, author interviews, feature articles and opinion pieces have appeared in ...more

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Meredith Jaffe I don't actually get writers block in the sense that I seize up and can't write. I do have days when the words plod onto the page one agonizing keystr…moreI don't actually get writers block in the sense that I seize up and can't write. I do have days when the words plod onto the page one agonizing keystroke at a time. But I find that if I push through this, suddenly inspiration strikes and the words fly from my fingertips. I also aim to write the first draft very quickly--over a number of weeks, rather than months--so I don't have time to over think the story.(less)

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Hi Meredith, I would really like to read your book The Fence. Some of my Aussie friends have read it and liked it. The problem is I live in the US, and I can't find it for sale here. Do you know where I might be able to find a copy? Thanks!

Meredith Jaffe Hi Li'l Owl, unfortunately The Fence is not available in the US yet. However, if you don't mind reading an Ebook, you can buy it from my publisher her…moreHi Li'l Owl, unfortunately The Fence is not available in the US yet. However, if you don't mind reading an Ebook, you can buy it from my publisher here: http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/978174...
Or, you can buy the print version from Dymocks here:
https://www.dymocks.com.au/search-res...
Alternatively, the audio book is due for release very soon and that is definitely going to be available in the States.
Happy reading! Mxx(less)

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Average rating: 3.82 · 3,891 ratings · 548 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison 3.87 avg rating — 3,033 ratings — published 2021 — 13 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 Fence 3.73 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Tricky Art of Forgiveness 3.40 avg rating — 283 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
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Artist Laura Preston lives alone in Washington DC. On Wednesdays, she has lunch with her ageing mother Genevieve, who is slipping into dementia. Her older sister Bea lives on the other side of town, busy raising teenage boys. Their father Robert is dead. Their brother Phillip disappeared forty years ago when the family lived in Bangkok.
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“Christina faced the darkened window, stared out into the void. Her arms burned. She scratched and scratched at them, felt the skin collect under her nails. She scratched harder...”
― Meredith Jaffe, The Making of Christina

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