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1 What I’m Reading Kylie Ladd , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017;
1 y separately published work icon The Way Back Kylie Ladd , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2017 11540579 2017 single work novel crime thriller

'Charlie Johnson is thirteen and in her first year of high school. She loves her family, netball and Liam, the cute guy who sits next to her in Science—but most of all she loves horses and horse-riding. Charlie's parents have leased her a horse, Tic Tac, from the local pony club, but one day they go out for a ride in the national park and only Tic Tac returns . . .

'Four months later, long after the police and the SES have called off the search, Charlie is found wandering injured and filthy, miles from where she was last seen. Her family rejoice in her return, but can anyone truly recover from what Charlie's been through? When a life has been shattered, how do you put the pieces back together?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 3 y separately published work icon Mothers and Daughters Kylie Ladd , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2014 7675205 2014 single work novel

'Four mothers. Four teenage daughters.

'An isolated tropical paradise with no internet or mobile phone reception.

'What could possibly go wrong?

'There's tension, bitchiness, bullying, sex, drunken confessions, bad behaviour and breakdowns - and wait till you see what the teenagers get up to...

'How can we let our daughters go to forge lives of their own when what we most want to do is hold them close and never let them go? How do we let them grow and keep them protected from the dark things in the world at the same time? And how can mothers and daughters navigate the troubled, stormy waters of adolescence without hurting themselves and each other? A clear-eyed, insightful and wildly entertaining look into the complicated, emotional world of mothers and daughters by the acclaimed author of Into My Arms, Last Summer and After the Fall.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Into My Arms Kylie Ladd , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 Z1936394 2013 single work novel 'The kiss ignited something, blew it into being, and afterwards, all Skye could think about was Ben.

One day a woman meets a man and falls instantly and irrevocably in love with him. It hits her like a thunderbolt, and she has to have him, has to be with him, regardless of the cost, of the pain of breaking up her existing relationship. She has never felt more in synch - or in love - with anyone in her whole life. So this is how it feels, she thinks to herself, this is what real love feels like. It's like that for him too; he wants her in a way he's never wanted anything or anyone before: obsessively, passionately, all-consumingly.

She has found her one true love, her soulmate, and he has found his. What happens next will tear them apart and unleash havoc onto their worlds.

This brave, brilliant, electrifying novel from the acclaimed author of After the Fall and Last Summer, will move you deeply and shock you to your core. Love, lust and longing have rarely wielded such power, nor family secrets triggered such devastation.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Black and White : Broome's One Certainty Kylie Ladd , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , July no. 10 2012; (p. 27-38)
1 4 y separately published work icon Last Summer Kylie Ladd , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2011 Z1792322 2011 single work novel 'Rory Buchanan has it all: looks, talent, charisma - an all around good-guy, he's the centre of every party and a loving father and husband. Then one summer's afternoon, tragedy strikes. Those who are closest to him struggle to come to terms with their loss. Friendships are strained, marriages falter and loyalties are tested in a gripping and brilliantly crafted novel about loss, grief and desire.

'Told from the points of view of nine of the people who are mourning Rory, this riveting novel presents a vivid snapshot of contemporary suburban Australia and how we live now. Marriage, friendship, family - all are dissected with great psychological insight as they start to unravel under the pressure of grief. The characters live on the page; their lives are unfolded and their dilemmas are as real as our own.

'Last Summer is a stunning novel about loss - the terrible pain of losing a husband, brother or friend - but also all those smaller losses that everyone must face: the loss of youth, the shattering of dreams, the fading of convictions and the change in our notions of who we thought we were. It is also about what comes after the loss: how we pick up the pieces and the way we remake our lives.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Losing My Religion : Memoir Kylie Ladd , 2010 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Etchings , no. 9 2010; (p. 147-157)
2 4 y separately published work icon After the Fall Kylie Ladd , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1568188 2009 single work novel romance 'Two married couples: Kate and Cary, Cressida and Luke. Four people who meet, click, and become firm friends. But then Kate and Luke discover a growing attraction, which becomes an obsession. They fall in love, then fall into an affair. It blows their worlds apart. After the fall, nothing will ever be the same again.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Naked : Confessions of Adultery and Infidelity Kylie Ladd (editor), Leigh Langtree (editor), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2008 Z1525562 2008 anthology biography 'Naked: Confessions of Adultery and Infidelity was compiled not in an attempt to excuse or encourage unfaithfulness, but to understand it. We have learned that infidelity and adultery are rarely just about sex. That, for better or worse, and regardless of the morality involved, they are powerful and life-changing. That love and lust are complicated, and not for the faint-hearted. Naked is a sadder book than we expected, but it is also wiser. It is part of the collected wisdom of humankind in the truest sense of the words.' - from the Editors' Introduction (p.6)
1 The Flood That Does Not Flow Kylie Ladd , 2008 single work essay
— Appears in: Etchings , no. 5 2008; (p. 136-141)
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