5 must-read family books like Wildflowers by Peggy Frew

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Wildflowers

By: Peggy Frew

3.29

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A compassionate and surprisingly funny novel that is impossible to put down and even harder to forg…

"There were open paddocks winking with sugar cane, and distant silos and then a billboard that they all yelped at because it showed a huge picture of a foetus alongside a picture of a young woman with her face in her hands, and some writing about life and God and mistakes and suffering."

-Peggy Frew, Wildflowers

"There were open paddocks winking with sugar cane, and distant silos and then a billboard that they all yelped at because it showed a huge picture of a foetus alongside a picture of a young woman with her face in her hands, and some writing about life and God and mistakes and suffering."

-Peggy Frew, Wildflowers

If you liked the family plot in Wildflowers by Peggy Frew , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

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

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • 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

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. The Lovers

By: Yumna Kassab

2.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What happens when we become used to each other, when we become bored, when we anticipate each other… read more

Similar categories in Yumna Kassab's The Lovers book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here

By: Heather Rose

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from t… read more

Similar categories in Heather Rose's Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • contemporary
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5. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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6. Bodies of Light

By: Jennifer Down

4.29

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

So by the grace of a photograph that had inexplicably gone viral, Tony had found me. Or: he’d found… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Down's Bodies of Light book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The Sydney of this time was a different place to the honeymoon city I'd visited with Damien. That one was the crescent of the bridge, the rolling waves beneath the ferry, the shaded streets in The Ro…"

-Jennifer Down, Bodies of Light

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7. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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8. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Women & Children book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • family
  • australia
  • fiction
  • novels
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9. The Conversion

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lohrey's The Conversion book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Seeing Other People

By: Diana Reid

3.42

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more

Similar categories in Diana Reid's Seeing Other People book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's No Hard Feelings book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Clarke

By: Holly Throsby

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more

Similar categories in Holly Throsby's Clarke book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

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13. This Devastating Fever

By: Sophie Cunningham

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Alice had not expected to spend the first twenty years of the twenty-first century writing about Le… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cunningham's This Devastating Fever book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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14. Feast

By: Emily O'Grady

3.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling novel of three women and their dark secrets from the award-winning author of The Yello… read more

Similar categories in Emily O'Grady's Feast book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Crushing by Genevieve Novak

15. Crushing

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Gettin… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's Crushing book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Albatross

By: Nina Wan

3.48

Format: None pages, ebook

'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhe… read more

Similar categories in Nina Wan's The Albatross book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Shirley

By: Ronnie Scott

3.07

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

It’s been twenty years since her mother was photographed, blood-soaked, outside the family home. A … read more

Similar categories in Ronnie Scott's Shirley book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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18. Marshmallow

By: Victoria Hannan

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Some moments change everything. For five friends, what should have been a birthday to remember will… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hannan's Marshmallow book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • australia
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of Wildflowers by Peggy Frew

19. Wildflowers

By: Peggy Frew

3.29

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A compassionate and surprisingly funny novel that is impossible to put down and even harder to forg… read more

Similar categories in Peggy Frew's Wildflowers book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There were open paddocks winking with sugar cane, and distant silos and then a billboard that they all yelped at because it showed a huge picture of a foetus alongside a picture of a young woman with…"

-Peggy Frew, Wildflowers

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20. Sunbathing

By: Isobel Beech

4.05

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Summertime in Italy, fresh vegetables from the garden, taking turns washing dishes, reading to each… read more

Similar categories in Isobel Beech's Sunbathing book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Little Plum

By: Laura McPhee-Browne

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

On the cusp of thirty, Coral learns that a thing is growing inside her body. It is not necessarily … read more

Similar categories in Laura McPhee-Browne's Little Plum book and Peggy Frew's Wildflowers

  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary

20 must-read fiction books like Wildflowers by Peggy Frew

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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The Lovers

Yumna Kassab

2.95

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Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

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Bodies of Light

Jennifer Down

4.29

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Diana Reid

3.42

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Genevieve Novak

3.80

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Madeleine Gray

3.71

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