Susan Johnson

Two deep, bright, razor-sharp women at opposite ends of the earth tearing the band-aids off their souls, exposing truths and lies buried beneath marriage, motherhood, and the sacrificial siege of mid-to-late-life maintenance. This is Susan Johnson at her most original, daring, bone-deep, and deliciously raw. I fell, too, with aching heart and tickled rib, under the spell of this extraordinary...

'Heartbreaking, funny and deeply moving... This is writing to savour.' Books + Publishing Aphrodite's Breath is one of those sublime books that both pleases and pursues you with its imagery and thoughts, long after you've put the book down. Jane Messer, The Conversation 'An awe-inspiring ability to explore emotional truths.' Daily Advertiser 'With fine control, Johnson allows us to travel...