Tiddas

Anita Heiss

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781922052278
• eBook ISBN: 9781922052285
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

A story about what it means to be a friend … Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books … and life, love and the jagged bits in between. Dissecting each other's lives seems the most natural thing in the world – and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. Best friends tell each other everything, don't they? But each woman harbours a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck. Izzy, soon to be the first Black woman with her own television show, has to make a decision that will change everything.
Veronica, recently divorced and dedicated to raising the best sons in the world, has forgotten who she is.
Xanthe, desperate for a baby, can think of nothing else, even at the expense of her marriage.
Nadine, so successful at writing other people's stories, is determined to blot out her own.
Ellen, footloose by choice, begins to question all that she's fought for.When their circle begins to fracture and the old childhood ways don't work anymore, is their sense of sistahood enough to keep it intact? How well do these tiddas really know each other? Praise for Tiddas
'Generous and witty' Susan Johnson'This enjoyable and human story is impressively interwoven with historical and contemporary Aboriginal issues.' Sun Herald 'A celebration of female friendships' Sunday Territorian 'Will resonate with many readers … a novel that asks whether a strong sense of sisterhood is enough to keep friends together.' Burnie Advocate

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Chapter 1: Vixens
• Chapter 2: Addictions, Obsessions and Delayed Confessions
• Chapter 3: Damning Disclosures
• Chapter 4: Mummy’s Wish
• Chapter 5: Reno-Dating
• Chapter 6: West End Dreaming
• Chapter 7: Back to Country
• Chapter 8: Signs in the Sites
• Chapter 9: Mabo Day
• Chapter 10: A Birthday, A Ball and Some Bad Behaviour
• Chapter 11: Tears For Lost Moments and Stolen Children
• Chapter 12: A Positive New Journey Vs Damaging Bad Habits
• Chapter 13: Filling A Void By Leaving the Gap
• Chapter 14: Jacaranda Season
• Chapter 15: Flash Women
• Chapter 16: A Fall From Grace
• Chapter 17: A New Vixen
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• The Vixens’ Bookclub List
• Book Club Questions
• ‘Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray’ Teaser
• About the Author
• Copyright