Jayne and Paula were not prepared for the enormity of the themes tackled in this month's pick, winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Award, Too Much Lip.

*Trigger warning. Themes of physical and sexual abuse discussed. Please skip to the 30 minute mark if you would rather avoid these topics.

What Jayne had last month anticipated as a fun read the ladies find out is a complicated, fast paced, unflinching look at an Aboriginal family plagued by inter-generational trauma and abuse. There is lots to discuss and learn.

Books discussed:

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

The Yield by Tara June Winch

Maybe the Horse Will Talk by Elliot Perlman

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

You by Caroline Kepnes

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

Too Much and Never Enough by Mary Trump

The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola Maye Goldberg

Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand

Our book for September is The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. Happy reading!