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Learn more'I don't want two wishy-washy godmothers,' Jeannie had said that afternoon in the country hospital when Eliza was only a day old. 'No dolls. No pink dresses. Just lots of adventures. Lots of spoiling. The pair of you like two mighty warriors protecting her at every step.'
Eliza Miller grew up in Australia as the only daughter of a troubled young mother, but with the constant support of two watchful godmothers, Olivia and Maxie. Despite her tricky childhood, she always felt loved and secure. Until, just before her eighteenth birthday, a tragic event changed her life.
Thirteen years on, Eliza is deliberately living as safely as possible, avoiding close relationships and devoting herself to her job. Out of the blue, an enticing invitation from one of her godmothers prompts a leap into the unknown.
Within a fortnight, Eliza finds herself in the middle of a complicated family in Edinburgh. There's no such thing as an ordinary day any more. Yet, amidst the chaos, Eliza begins to blossom. She finds herself not only hopeful about the future, but ready to explore her past, including the biggest mystery of all - who is her father?
Set in Australia, Scotland, Ireland and England, THE GODMOTHERS is a great big hug of a book that will fill your heart to bursting. It is a moving and perceptive story about love, lies, hope and sorrow, about the families we are born into and the families we make for ourselves.
Monica McInerney (Author)
One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica is the author of 13 internationally bestselling books for adults, including most recently The Godmothers, shortlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has 18 nieces and nephews who are her inspiration for many more Marcie Gill adventures to come. She and her Irish husband have been living between Australia and Ireland for thirty years. They currently live in Australia.
Nikki Shiels (Reader)
Nikki Shiels graduated from the VCA in 2009, where she won the Richard Pratt Memorial Scholarship for an Outstanding Actor. Her career in theatre spans leading roles with all of Australia's major theatre companies. Most recently, Nikki played the lead role of Judy in Home, I'm Darling for MTC. Other productions for MTC include The Cherry Orchard, True Minds, Top Girls, and Don Parties On. STC productions include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Cheery Soul, and Three Sisters.
For Belvoir Street, Nikki took the role of Rita They Divided the Sky, for which she won Best Female Actor at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards, Jenny in The Suger House, Angelica Bianca in The Rover, and Viola in Twelfth Night.
For Malthouse Theatre, Nikki has twice toured internationally in Matthew Lutton's acclaimed production of Picnic at Hanging Rock, including seasons in London and Edinburgh. Also for Malthouse, she appeared in Night on Bald Mountain, The Dragon and Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman.
Onscreen, Nikki has appeared in Rush, House Husbands, Childhood's End, Neighbours and Bloom, and was cast alongside Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis in The Eye of the Storm.
Ella Scott Lynch (Reader)
Ella Scott Lynch graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2004, having previously appeared at an early age in the Academy Award-winning film Shine in 1996. Her most recent film credits include Pimped (2018) and Standing Up for Sunny (2019). Other film credits include Charlotte's Web (2006), Emulsion (2006) and Monkey Puzzle (2008).
Ella's work in Australian television is extensive. She appeared in the lead role of Nicola Gobbo in the Nine Network's miniseries Informer 3838, and in the acclaimed ABC series Crownies and its spin-off Janet King. Other television credits include Serangoon Road (ABC/HBO Asia), Underbelly (Nine Network) and Love Child (Nine), the telemovie The Falls, alongside Georgie Parker and Vince Colosimo, The Silence (ABC) City Homicide (Seven Network), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (ABC), The Code (ABC), Brock (Network Ten), Newton's Law (ABC), Home and Away (Seven), All Saints (Seven) Easy Beats (ABC) and Doctor Doctor (Nine).
In 2016 Ella made her debut appearance on US television in NCIS: Los Angeles.
Annie Maynard (Reader)
Annie plays Maddy in Channel 10's Playing for Keeps, and is best known as Bess from ABC's Upper Middle Bogan. She has also appeared in Puberty Blues, A Moody Christmas, Spirited and Rake. Her favourite quote is 'I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.' - Judi Dench
Monica McInerney (Author)
One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica is the author of 13 internationally bestselling books for adults, including most recently The Godmothers, shortlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has 18 nieces and nephews who are her inspiration for many more Marcie Gill adventures to come. She and her Irish husband have been living between Australia and Ireland for thirty years. They currently live in Australia.
Nikki Shiels (Reader)
Nikki Shiels graduated from the VCA in 2009, where she won the Richard Pratt Memorial Scholarship for an Outstanding Actor. Her career in theatre spans leading roles with all of Australia's major theatre companies. Most recently, Nikki played the lead role of Judy in Home, I'm Darling for MTC. Other productions for MTC include The Cherry Orchard, True Minds, Top Girls, and Don Parties On. STC productions include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Cheery Soul, and Three Sisters.
For Belvoir Street, Nikki took the role of Rita They Divided the Sky, for which she won Best Female Actor at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards, Jenny in The Suger House, Angelica Bianca in The Rover, and Viola in Twelfth Night.
For Malthouse Theatre, Nikki has twice toured internationally in Matthew Lutton's acclaimed production of Picnic at Hanging Rock, including seasons in London and Edinburgh. Also for Malthouse, she appeared in Night on Bald Mountain, The Dragon and Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman.
Onscreen, Nikki has appeared in Rush, House Husbands, Childhood's End, Neighbours and Bloom, and was cast alongside Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis in The Eye of the Storm.
Ella Scott Lynch (Reader)
Ella Scott Lynch graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2004, having previously appeared at an early age in the Academy Award-winning film Shine in 1996. Her most recent film credits include Pimped (2018) and Standing Up for Sunny (2019). Other film credits include Charlotte's Web (2006), Emulsion (2006) and Monkey Puzzle (2008).
Ella's work in Australian television is extensive. She appeared in the lead role of Nicola Gobbo in the Nine Network's miniseries Informer 3838, and in the acclaimed ABC series Crownies and its spin-off Janet King. Other television credits include Serangoon Road (ABC/HBO Asia), Underbelly (Nine Network) and Love Child (Nine), the telemovie The Falls, alongside Georgie Parker and Vince Colosimo, The Silence (ABC) City Homicide (Seven Network), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (ABC), The Code (ABC), Brock (Network Ten), Newton's Law (ABC), Home and Away (Seven), All Saints (Seven) Easy Beats (ABC) and Doctor Doctor (Nine).
In 2016 Ella made her debut appearance on US television in NCIS: Los Angeles.
Annie Maynard (Reader)
Annie plays Maddy in Channel 10's Playing for Keeps, and is best known as Bess from ABC's Upper Middle Bogan. She has also appeared in Puberty Blues, A Moody Christmas, Spirited and Rake. Her favourite quote is 'I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.' - Judi Dench
Monica McInerney (Author)
One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica is the author of 13 internationally bestselling books for adults, including most recently The Godmothers, shortlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has 18 nieces and nephews who are her inspiration for many more Marcie Gill adventures to come. She and her Irish husband have been living between Australia and Ireland for thirty years. They currently live in Australia.
Nikki Shiels (Reader)
Nikki Shiels graduated from the VCA in 2009, where she won the Richard Pratt Memorial Scholarship for an Outstanding Actor. Her career in theatre spans leading roles with all of Australia's major theatre companies. Most recently, Nikki played the lead role of Judy in Home, I'm Darling for MTC. Other productions for MTC include The Cherry Orchard, True Minds, Top Girls, and Don Parties On. STC productions include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Cheery Soul, and Three Sisters.
For Belvoir Street, Nikki took the role of Rita They Divided the Sky, for which she won Best Female Actor at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards, Jenny in The Suger House, Angelica Bianca in The Rover, and Viola in Twelfth Night.
For Malthouse Theatre, Nikki has twice toured internationally in Matthew Lutton's acclaimed production of Picnic at Hanging Rock, including seasons in London and Edinburgh. Also for Malthouse, she appeared in Night on Bald Mountain, The Dragon and Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman.
Onscreen, Nikki has appeared in Rush, House Husbands, Childhood's End, Neighbours and Bloom, and was cast alongside Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis in The Eye of the Storm.
Ella Scott Lynch (Reader)
Ella Scott Lynch graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2004, having previously appeared at an early age in the Academy Award-winning film Shine in 1996. Her most recent film credits include Pimped (2018) and Standing Up for Sunny (2019). Other film credits include Charlotte's Web (2006), Emulsion (2006) and Monkey Puzzle (2008).
Ella's work in Australian television is extensive. She appeared in the lead role of Nicola Gobbo in the Nine Network's miniseries Informer 3838, and in the acclaimed ABC series Crownies and its spin-off Janet King. Other television credits include Serangoon Road (ABC/HBO Asia), Underbelly (Nine Network) and Love Child (Nine), the telemovie The Falls, alongside Georgie Parker and Vince Colosimo, The Silence (ABC) City Homicide (Seven Network), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (ABC), The Code (ABC), Brock (Network Ten), Newton's Law (ABC), Home and Away (Seven), All Saints (Seven) Easy Beats (ABC) and Doctor Doctor (Nine).
In 2016 Ella made her debut appearance on US television in NCIS: Los Angeles.
Annie Maynard (Reader)
Annie plays Maddy in Channel 10's Playing for Keeps, and is best known as Bess from ABC's Upper Middle Bogan. She has also appeared in Puberty Blues, A Moody Christmas, Spirited and Rake. Her favourite quote is 'I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.' - Judi Dench
Monica McInerney (Author)
One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica is the author of 13 internationally bestselling books for adults, including most recently The Godmothers, shortlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has 18 nieces and nephews who are her inspiration for many more Marcie Gill adventures to come. She and her Irish husband have been living between Australia and Ireland for thirty years. They currently live in Australia.
Nikki Shiels (Reader)
Nikki Shiels graduated from the VCA in 2009, where she won the Richard Pratt Memorial Scholarship for an Outstanding Actor. Her career in theatre spans leading roles with all of Australia's major theatre companies. Most recently, Nikki played the lead role of Judy in Home, I'm Darling for MTC. Other productions for MTC include The Cherry Orchard, True Minds, Top Girls, and Don Parties On. STC productions include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Cheery Soul, and Three Sisters.
For Belvoir Street, Nikki took the role of Rita They Divided the Sky, for which she won Best Female Actor at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards, Jenny in The Suger House, Angelica Bianca in The Rover, and Viola in Twelfth Night.
For Malthouse Theatre, Nikki has twice toured internationally in Matthew Lutton's acclaimed production of Picnic at Hanging Rock, including seasons in London and Edinburgh. Also for Malthouse, she appeared in Night on Bald Mountain, The Dragon and Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman.
Onscreen, Nikki has appeared in Rush, House Husbands, Childhood's End, Neighbours and Bloom, and was cast alongside Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis in The Eye of the Storm.
Ella Scott Lynch (Reader)
Ella Scott Lynch graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2004, having previously appeared at an early age in the Academy Award-winning film Shine in 1996. Her most recent film credits include Pimped (2018) and Standing Up for Sunny (2019). Other film credits include Charlotte's Web (2006), Emulsion (2006) and Monkey Puzzle (2008).
Ella's work in Australian television is extensive. She appeared in the lead role of Nicola Gobbo in the Nine Network's miniseries Informer 3838, and in the acclaimed ABC series Crownies and its spin-off Janet King. Other television credits include Serangoon Road (ABC/HBO Asia), Underbelly (Nine Network) and Love Child (Nine), the telemovie The Falls, alongside Georgie Parker and Vince Colosimo, The Silence (ABC) City Homicide (Seven Network), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (ABC), The Code (ABC), Brock (Network Ten), Newton's Law (ABC), Home and Away (Seven), All Saints (Seven) Easy Beats (ABC) and Doctor Doctor (Nine).
In 2016 Ella made her debut appearance on US television in NCIS: Los Angeles.
Annie Maynard (Reader)
Annie plays Maddy in Channel 10's Playing for Keeps, and is best known as Bess from ABC's Upper Middle Bogan. She has also appeared in Puberty Blues, A Moody Christmas, Spirited and Rake. Her favourite quote is 'I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.' - Judi Dench