Disgraceful
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Disgraceful
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Forty-nine-year-old Grace Miller is the ultimate good girl. Good wife, good mother, good role model. She has to be, she’s been married to a notable evangelical Christian pastor for nearly thirty years.
But when Grace’s marriage implodes, she realises she’s spent her entire life putting other people’s needs first – and she’s had enough. Determined to shake things up, Grace writes a ‘f*ck-it’ list of fifty bad decisions to complete before she turns fifty. But just as she starts to reclaim herself, her family throws her some unexpected curve balls that threaten to derail the plan.
With the emotional heart and complex family dynamics of Marian Keyes and Monica McInerney, combined with the sharp humour of Kathy Lette and Caitlin Moran, Disgraceful tramples the idea that women should grow old gracefully, and posits that sometimes bad decisions are the best ones you can make.
Critic Reviews
‘A delicious read in every way. Hilarious, heartfelt, raw and real.’ (Natalie Bassingthwaighte)
'Full of raw honesty and heart, Disgraceful is a wild and dazzling debut. Fox McLeod has knocked it out of the park.' (Emma Grey, international bestselling author of Pictures of You)
'Balls-to-the-wall fearless, funny as hell, and all the feels. This book broke my heart then put it back together again. An unforgettable read.' (Bianca Dye, radio and TV personality)
'Rachel Fox McLeod writes with humour and sharp insight, but always with care. It is at different times heartbreaking, horrifying, exciting and genuinely funny. Disgraceful feels lived-in and truthful, not theoretical. Proving that sometimes the so-called bad decisions – the one that crack everything open – are the very choices that save us. Disgraceful is a confident, confronting and emotionally intelligent debut, and a true page-turner.' (Fiona Horne)
'Disgraceful is a wild, witty and expansive novel that thrilled me from the first page to the last. A coming-of-age story for menopausal women, it explodes the mythology surrounding the expectations and opportunities that too often define our lives. It offers a rich, deep and sometimes disturbing examination of what happens when women step outside the bounds of expected behaviour, never once straying into saccharine territory or shying away from difficult truths. Brava, Rachel Fox McLeod.' (Nina D. Campbell)
‘A delicious read in every way. Hilarious, heartfelt, raw and real.’ (Natalie Bassingthwaighte)
'Full of raw honesty and heart, Disgraceful is a wild and dazzling debut. Fox McLeod has knocked it out of the park.' (Emma Grey, international bestselling author of Pictures of You)
'Balls-to-the-wall fearless, funny as hell, and all the feels. This book broke my heart then put it back together again. An unforgettable read.' (Bianca Dye, radio and TV personality)
'Rachel Fox McLeod writes with humour and sharp insight, but always with care. It is at different times heartbreaking, horrifying, exciting and genuinely funny. Disgraceful feels lived-in and truthful, not theoretical. Proving that sometimes the so-called bad decisions – the one that crack everything open – are the very choices that save us. Disgraceful is a confident, confronting and emotionally intelligent debut, and a true page-turner.' (Fiona Horne)
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