Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


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

    Penguin Australia 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 speak. I think for many…

  • Taking the Lead – David Hill. Illustrated by Phoebe Morris.

    Penguin Australia Published: 3 March 2020 ISBN: 9780143774518 Imprint: Picture Puffin RRP: $19.99 It’s no secret that so many of us have the utmost admiration for the remarkable Jacinda Ardern – and no doubt that we not-so-secretly wish we had a leader of her calibre ourselves. This is a ‘Mighty Girl’ book that is so timely as the New…