The Long WeekendFiona PalmerLabel: Hachette AustraliaDescription: Four perfect strangers. Three days. Can one weekend away change your life? The unputdownable new drama by one of Australia's most beloved storytellersComing together for a writing workshop with bestselling author Jan Goldstein four strangers converge upon a luxury forest retreat. But along with their notepads and laptops each of the participants has brought some emotional baggage.Beth is a solo parent and busy career woman haunted by a tragic car accident. Simone the youngest at 26 is a successful Instagram star but she's hiding behind a facade. Jamie is the only man. He's a handsome personal trainer - but he looks out of place with a pen in his hand. Finally Alice is a wife and mum recovering from post-natal depression. She and Jamie soon realise they are not such perfect strangers after all.Only one thing is for sure: on this creative getaway nothing will go according to script.'The Long Weekend delivers to readers the perfect chance to escape from their own lives if just for a few hours. Readers can expect a raft of revelations around postnatal depression secret affairs hidden identities parental neglect and untold truths with a few steamy sex scenes' Books+Publishing'Delves deep into themes of secret affairs hidden identities parental neglect and untold truths' Who Weekly'Fiona Palmer is a writer who demonstrates great facility for storytelling for swiftly moving a plot along. She writes relatable characters. I have no doubt that The Long Weekend will be another bestseller' Living Arts Canberra'An emotionally charged and engaging novel with a good and interesting cast' Canberra WeeklyPraise for Fiona Palmer:'There's an honesty to Palmer's characters that transports you into the heart of their worlds' Australian Women's Weekly'It's a story about family female empowerment and matters of the heart' Woman's Day'Her books are tear-jerkers and page-turners' Sydney Morning Herald'Fiona Palmer just keeps getting better' RACHAEL JOHNS'Heartbreak love and sibling relationships' New Idea
