Lovebirds
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  • Published: 4 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9780143792130
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $37.00

Lovebirds

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Paperback
29 Mar 2022
Tr. Paperback
4 May 2021
EBook
4 May 2021
Audiobook
4 May 2021
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True love is never truly over.

'Skilfully written, with moments of laugh-out-loud humour, Lovebirds both warmed and broke my heart in perfect measure.' Joanna Nell

In their youth, lovebirds Elizabeth and Ray had to fight to be together. Their future was full of promise and, blessed with children and careers, their happiness complete. But a twist of fate changed their lives forever.

Now in her sixties, Elizabeth is desperately lonely. She rarely sees her two adult sons and her closest friend is a talkative budgie. But when her grandson, Zach, gets into trouble with the police, she decides to take him on a road trip to find his grandfather, her lost love Ray, in the hope of mending their broken family.

Two less compatible travelling companions would be hard to find, as they set off on an unlikely adventure into the wilds of the northern NSW hinterland. What they discover along the way, about Ray and each other, has the power to transform them all. In trying to save Zach, Elizabeth might just save herself.

'Warm, witty and wise, Lovebirds is an astute and uplifting novel about the power of love and family. I love that older women are so beautifully portrayed in novels now, and Amanda Hampson leads the way.' Better Reading

'Amanda Hampson writes with warmth and pace and handles the action skilfully in this unusual and ultimately uplifting novel that gets under the skin of an erratic family.' SMH
  • Published: 4 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9780143792130
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $37.00
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About the author

Amanda Hampson

Melbourne-based author Amanda Hampson has been writing professionally for more than thirty years and is the bestselling author of nine novels: The Olive Sisters, Two for the Road, The French Perfumer, The Yellow Villa, Sixty Summers, Lovebirds, The Tea Ladies, The Cryptic Clue and her forthcoming release, The Deadly Dispute.


A runaway bestseller, The Tea Ladies won the 2024 Danger Awards for Best Crime Fiction and was Shortlisted for the 2024 Davitt Awards - Best Adult Crime and the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards – Best Fiction.

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Also by Amanda Hampson

The Deadly Dispute
The Tea Ladies
The Cryptic Clue
Sixty Summers
The French Perfumer
The Yellow Villa
Two for the Road
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Praise for Lovebirds

Skilfully written, with moments of laugh-out-loud humour, Lovebirds both warmed and broke my heart in perfect measure.

Joanna Nell

Warm, witty and wise, Lovebirds is an astute and uplifting novel about the power of love and family. I love that older women are so beautifully portrayed in novels now, and Amanda Hampson leads the way.

Better Reading

Lovebirds is a great read...There are moments of laugh-out-loud humour, alongside petty enveloped with warmth and bravery.

TheAUReview.com

Amanda Hampson writes with warmth and pace and handles the action skilfully in this unusual and ultimately uplifting novel that gets under the skin of an erratic family.

The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

Every so often you stumble upon a book that is both a delight to read and unexpectedly telegraphs powerful messages around the topics of family, ageing and most strikingly, unconditional love. Lovebirds is such a novel... Lovebirds is a masterful story that showcases Amanda Hampson's writing at her most moving and finest. If you want to escape into a beautifully told tale about redemption and love, then this is the book for you. 10/10 stars, as I thoroughly enjoyed this heartfelt, uplifting tale.

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