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Helen Townsend

Born in 1947, Helen Townsend was educated in Melbourne and Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics from Sydney University in 1968.

She worked as a researcher in the Health Department of ABC radio and television for ten years, before becoming a full-time writer. Her many projects since have included the position of researcher for the 1990 ABC/Film Australia documentary of her book Baby Boomers, writer/researcher of a one-hour documentary on Antarctica for Channel 7, researcher for the First State 88 Bicentennial Transport Exhibition and story researcher for the film Phar Lap, among others. The National Times, The Sun Herald, Woman's Day and Cleo have all counted Helen as a freelance contributor. She was also the writer of Australia's first internet soap, 'Friday's Beach', shown on the Microsoft network.

Helen has had 17 books published including Turning Point (1996), Real Men (1994), Heroic Measures (1993), Baby Crazy (1990), Baby Boomers Growing up in Australia in the 1940s, '50s and '60s (1988), Adult Children and Their Elderly Parents (1989) and Balancing Act.

She is married to Steve and has three children, Sophie, Lewis and Patrick. Helen's particular interests are literature, history and social issues.

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	Above the Starry Frame Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405038034 William Irwin was an Irish farm boy who came to Australia alone in 1849, aged 18. As a refugee from Ireland's Potato Famine, he left behind a world of poverty and set himself up in the heart of gold rush Ballarat, one of the wealthiest 19th century cities in the world. A digger and publican, he was swept up in the events leading to the Eureka Stockade. William's family was left behind in ...
	Balancing Act Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780732257613 Cassandra La Rosa has worked hard for her top executive job and her stylish apartment. But she's beginning to think there should be more to life. Her best friend Anthea is also questioning priorities. She has a flamboyant lifestyle and enjoys her job, but is determined to find the right man and have a child. Susan, Cass's younger sister, seems to live in an idyllic world with her husba...
	Curably Romantic Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780732269579 An uplifting and warming story about starting again and discovering the pleasures of life . . . Leah Jarrett is a teacher, a single mum, and fed up. No longer are those bouts of controlled crying enough to keep her on track - nor are they even particularly controlled any more. The day she tells the vile headmistress (known as Twisted Sister) what she (and the rest of the school) really think of...
	Curably Romantic Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780732269586 Sharp, funny, all to true - the new novel from the bestselling author of 'Baby Boomers'. Lost your job? Problems with the ex? Children behaving badly? Don't despair! Helen Townsend brings you a hilarious, liberating tale of mid-life crisis. Leah Jarrett - single mum, infants school teacher, revolutionary! - has just turned 45. It's a time of painful realisations: that taut t...
	Full Circle Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780732267018 Growing up in a small country town in a single parent family is never easy; being half-Chinese and illiterate makes things doubly hard. 'Full Circle' is the story of Libby Chung - her life, her loves, her battle with illiteracy, and her ultimate triumphs. From rural New South Wales to Sydney to Hong Kong, we follow her on a perilous and often painfully funny journey of self-discovery as...
	Love Tangle Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780732258665 Juliet is determined to move up in the world - by marrying a doctor and having a big wedding. But she certainly doesn't take love too seriously. Tessa, her cousin, is a free-spirit who thinks marriage is a joke, but secretly craves love. Between them is Brendan, a young surgeon, who is becoming aware of the complexities of love and attraction, and the difficulties of wedded bliss. But for ...
	Turning Point Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780732256388 An inspirational and funny novel about life, love, career and change . . . Sophie, incurable romantic and television writer, leaves Australia and goes to London to escape a floundering love affair. In an unfamiliar city, with a new relationship and a confronting job, she faces life with humour and flair, plunging headlong into insecurity, passion and discovery. Inspirational, funny and real, He...

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