16 Best australia books like The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar

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The Mother Wound

By: Amani Haydar

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at…

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1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

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  • adult
  • australia
  • audiobook
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2. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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3. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. One Hundred Days

By: Alice Pung

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One day, a boy in a nice silver car gives sixteen-year-old Karuna a ride. So Karuna returns the fav… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
"They couldn't see that the bigger I got, the smaller I became, and they didn't understand that once the baby came, I would be gone."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

"I'm keeping this record to let you know that it wasn't always that way. That you were once mine, and when I looked in your dark eyes, you made me very happy."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

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5. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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6. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

Similar categories in Grace Tame's The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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7. Emotional Female

By: Yumiko Kadota

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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8. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage

By: Clementine Ford

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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9. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech

By: Julia Gillard

4.28

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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10. The Mother Wound

By: Amani Haydar

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at… read more

Similar categories in Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Eggshell Skull

By: Bri Lee

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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12. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • australia
  • mental health
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13. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's The Work book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. In Bad Faith

By: Dassi Erlich

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The true story of Dassi Erlich - a woman who grew up in a closed ultra-Orthodox sect and endured a … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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15. One Hundred Years of Dirt

By: Rick Morton

4.06

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you’ve scraped together enough for the ticket… read more

Similar categories in Rick Morton's One Hundred Years of Dirt book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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16. See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

By: Jess Hill

4.66

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone … read more

Similar categories in Jess Hill's See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • true crime
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"I explain patriarchy as a dual system of power: men's power over women, and some men's power over other men. - Michael Kimmel"

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"Mangan is adamant: women's violence may cause distress to men in abusive relationships, but men are almost never in danger of being killed."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"Whether perpetrators abuse strategically or on impulse, however, they usually have one thing in common: a supercharged sense of entitlement."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

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17. Heartsick

By: Jessie Stephens

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'Heartbreak does not seem to be a brand of grief we respect. And so we are left in the middle of th… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Stephens's Heartsick book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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18. Hope

By: Rosie Batty

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

After tragedy, how do we find hope? A memoir about what it takes to get through the very worst of t… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Batty's Hope book and Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie

19. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience

By: Veronica Gorrie

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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20. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

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  • adult
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink by Ariane Beeston

21. Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink

By: Ariane Beeston

4.57

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recoveryAriane Beeston is a ch… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health

5 Best adult books like The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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The Mother Wound

Amani Haydar

4.48

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Everyone and Everything

Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

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The Work

Bri Lee

3.43

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21 Best audiobook books like Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

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Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire

Chanel Contos

4.56

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Honeybee

Craig Silvey

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

Hannah Ferguson

4.29

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