16 Top fiction books like The Making of Her by Bernadette Jiwa

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The Making of Her

By: Bernadette Jiwa

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Chosen as one of New York Post's Best Books of 2022 People were forever telling her how lucky sh…

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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

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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3. The Mother

By: Jane Caro

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Just like the garden, the fuse box, the bills, bin night and blown light bulbs, this was just somet… read more

Similar categories in Jane Caro's The Mother book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There's no need to charm your mother, she thought. Which is both a compliment and a burden."

-Jane Caro, The Mother

"The pall bearers were holding Pete's coffin, waiting to walk down the aisle—just like bridesmaids. The music began and they started to move, trying to keep pace with David Bowie's 'Changes'."

-Jane Caro, The Mother

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4. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

Similar categories in Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Joy Moody is Out of Time

By: Kerryn Mayne

3.96

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

On her twin daughters’ twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody – proprietor of Bayside’s premier laundroma… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Joy Moody is Out of Time book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The House of Now and Then

By: Jo Dixon

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's The House of Now and Then book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Her Daughter's Secret

By: Lisa Timoney

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Will her daughter’s secret tear her family apart? When troubled teenager Immy disappears, she le… read more

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9. With Love from Wish & Co.

By: Minnie Darke

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give--and give up--in the name of love, from the… read more

Similar categories in Minnie Darke's With Love from Wish & Co. book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Daisy and Kate

By: Meredith Appleyard

4.13

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

Friendship lost and found again. Jealousy destroyed their friendship decades ago, but now they n… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Appleyard's Daisy and Kate book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The One and Only Dolly Jamieson

By: Lisa Ireland

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The One and Only Dolly Jamieson is a compelling feel-good novel featuring a proud and gutsy heroine… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ireland's The One and Only Dolly Jamieson book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Night She Fell

By: Eileen Merriman

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

‘When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood . . . Her eyes were open, staring sight… read more

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13. Sidelines

By: Karen Viggers

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemp… read more

Similar categories in Karen Viggers's Sidelines book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. To Battersea Park

By: Philip Hensher

3.12

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and begu… read more

Similar categories in Philip Hensher's To Battersea Park book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Significant Others

By: Zoe Eisenberg

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"I've been searching for a book with female friendships at the heart of it that doesn't feel flippa… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Eisenberg's Significant Others book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Making of Her

By: Bernadette Jiwa

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Chosen as one of New York Post's Best Books of 2022 People were forever telling her how lucky sh… read more

Similar categories in Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • adoption
  • marriage
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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17. Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family

By: Erika Hayasaki

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Identical twins Isabella and Hà were born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world, eac… read more

Similar categories in Erika Hayasaki's Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • family
  • adoption
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18. Her Fidelity

By: Katharine Pollock

3.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A very funny confessional novel set in one of the only Australian independent record stores still f… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Pollock's Her Fidelity book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. A Remarkable Woman

By: Jules Van Mil

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From postwar Paris to Australia to find love, fashion and freedom One woman's quest to follow he… read more

Similar categories in Jules Van Mil's A Remarkable Woman book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Lessons

By: John Purcell

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if your first love was your one and only chance of happiness? In our lives, some promises are … read more

Similar categories in John Purcell's The Lessons book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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21. Edenhope

By: Louise Le Nay

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Marnie is sixty-three and downwardly mobile. Her middle-class marriage is long gone, her only child… read more

Similar categories in Louise Le Nay's Edenhope book and Bernadette Jiwa's The Making of Her

  • fiction
  • family

13 must-read contemporary books like The Making of Her by Bernadette Jiwa

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here

Heather Rose

3.96

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Jane Caro

3.96

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Meg Bignell

4.07

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Amy Tintera

4.13

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Sally Hepworth

4.04

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3.99

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