In a town like South Star, everyone knows Sarah Childs’ name, face, entire history — and the fact she’s just been dumped by Johnno West.
Sarah would happily keep to herself on their property, Dunromin, for the rest of her days. But now her parents are refusing to put her in charge until she spends a year getting more involved in the local community and, yes, dating.
Well. She’ll show them community spirit. She’ll be Miss bloody South Star if that’s what it takes. How hard can it be?
Under small-town surveillance Sarah rekindles neglected friendships and throws herself in the dating deep end (recruiting the Bush Telegraph, Mabel Peters, to matchmake for her).
She joins a new women’s rugby team, the Pink Cockatoos, and even the bristly new cop in town, Sergeant Smith, can’t slow Sarah’s race to keep up appearances as the perfect daughter, citizen and girlfriend.
As Sarah moves in with Mabel to help catalogue her vast wardrobe — bringing up memories of Mabel’s beauty pageant past and long-lost friend Rose — vintage fashion might not be all that comes out of the closet.
Wonderfully funny and very Australian, Love Match is a story about learning a new game, figuring out who you are, and maybe even finding real love.
Love Match by Clare Fletcher is published by Michael Joseph (an imprint of Penguin Books), RRP $32.99.
GIVEAWAY
We have two copies of this book to give away. For a chance to win a copy, send your name, address, daytime phone number and the answer to this question: What is the name of the rural women’s event featured on page 10? by Thursday, November 30 via either post to: Country Life ‘Love Match’ Competition, PO Box 8000, Shepparton, 3632; or email to: competition@countrynews.com.au — please include the words ‘Love Match’ in the subject line.
The winners will be announced with the next book giveaway in the December 5-11 edition of Country News.
WINNERS
Alison Ridley of Seymour and Michael Keyte of Shepparton have each won a copy of One for My Enemy. Sue Carlson from Cobram and Katalin Yeoman from Shepparton have each won a copy of The Quiet and the Loud. Congratulations! Please collect your prize from the Shepparton News office in Melbourne Rd, Shepparton.
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