Recommended Read - Apr 2025

Everything is Perfect - Maxine Fawcett

There’s nothing funny about the overwhelming aspects of life, especially mid-life, unless the story’s told by an accomplished writer who isn’t afraid to open Pandora’s box on the subject. Our April read comes once again from a terrific Australian first-time author.

Cassie Prince lives in a beautiful beach suburb with her successful husband Jon and their children Ellie and Danny. Life is perfect, right?

Except now she’s reached her mid-forties, she can’t help wondering what happened to the fun-loving, sexy and accomplished woman she used to be. This isn’t what was promised. She’s panicking about ageing, bored in her marriage, exhausted by her demanding kids, and increasingly torn by news of her sick mother back in England.

So Cassie does what she’s always done – buries her feelings and ignores her problems (and does some more online shopping).

Then at school drop-off she meets Chris Lancaster, a charismatic widowed father-of-five. Soon she can’t stop imagining romantic scenarios between them, even daydreaming of a future together.

She may have been spiralling these last few months, but now Cassie is convinced that the unsuspecting and still vulnerable widower is the answer to everything . . .

About the author

Everything is Perfect, is Maxine’s debut novel.

She’s written for MamaMia in Australia and Mummypages in the UK and gained a place on HARDCOPY the renowned Australian writers development program.

Maxine lives in Sydney, where she runs her own media and marketing agency with her husband. Everything is Perfect is her debut novel.

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