Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • B is for Busy: Mum’s Busy Work – Jacinda Ardern. Illustrated by Ruby Jones.

    Penguin Australia September 2025 RRP: $24.99 ISBN: 9781776957415 Imprint: Picture Puffin While not every woman becomes a Prime Minister with a child, every working woman with a child can relate to the constant juggling of home, family and the demands of the job. And many children will also relate to being the offspring of a busy working…

  • A Different Kind of Power: a memoir – Jacinda Ardern

    Penguin Australia June 2025 ISBN: 9781776951277 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $55.00 First up, I’m going to say a big thank you to Penguin, especially the indefatigable Dot Tonkin, for giving me the opportunity to read and review this. As someone who admired this young woman as a trailblazer, it has been interesting to see her in close-up, so to…