Things Without a Name

From the author of Secret Mothers' Business, a beautifully written, big-hearted love story that that will grab you by the scruff of the neck and won't let you go ... for every woman who's ever thought about giving up, but chooses not to.

'And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.'

Faith isn't so different from most women her age; She's thirty-two, single, has the requisite dysfunctional family, an even more dysfunctional best friend, a busy and challenging job, and in her weaker moments dreams of perhaps some day meeting a man that will ignite her senses and take her away from all this.

The trouble is, while she aches to see the good in the world, Faith is constantly confronted by the bad. After having heard one too many love-gone-wrong stories and being left feeling helpless in the aftermath of yet another woman fleeing yet another violent man, Faith, a legal counsellor in a women's crisis centre, has just about given up. Not just on the big ideas like hope, love and trust, but even on the chance of getting a decent haircut or meeting an ordinary, non-psychotic, bloke.

One night a twist of fate finds Faith wringing out years of unshed tears in a suburban veterinary clinic. It is a night that will slowly change the way Faith sees herself and that will allow her to finally understand what she has always needed to know: that before you can save others you have to save yourself.

A beautifully written, big-hearted love story that grabs you by the scruff of the neck and will not let you go, Things Without a Name will resonate with every woman who's ever thought about giving up, but chooses not to.

About Joanne Fedler
Joanne Fedler is a full-time mother and writer, former law lecturer and advocate for women's rights. She is the author of six books, including Secret Mothers' Business (Allen & Unwin, 2006) and Dreamcloth (Jacana, 2005), and the co-founder of Moonstone Media. She grew up in Johannesburg and now lives with her husband and two children in Sydney.

Things Without a Name
Allen & Unwin
Author: Joanne Fedler
ISBN: 9781741754339
RRP: 32.95