Better than the Real Thing, 9781038961075
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Diary, secrets, second chances, and a fake date that feels real.
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Better than the Real Thing

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    24 November 2025

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Summary

Better Than the Real Thing: A Novel

Notting Hill meets Bridget Jones Baby in this whip-smart, funny, emotionally charged contemporary fiction about messy pasts, second chances, and future families from a sparkling new voice.

Melbourne teacher Netta Phillips is staring down the barrel of her fortieth birthday with months’ worth of negative pregnancy tests behind her, her relationship in the bin, and a mortgage she can’t afford. Things really aren’t going to …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781038961075
ISBN-10:1038961076
Author:Brooke Crawford
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Imprint:HQ Genre
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:24 November 2025
Weight:462g
Dimensions:235mm x 155mm x 30mm
About The Author

Brooke Crawford

Brooke Crawford is an emerging author of feel-good contemporary fiction, whose work has been recognised in writing competitions in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Brooke won the Romance Writers of Australia’s Opal Award in 2024, has post-graduate qualifications in professional writing from Deakin University, and studied novel writing under the guidance of Australian author Josephine Moon. Having previously worked in public relations, creative account management, advertising and education, she now runs a successful copywriting business from her home in Melbourne, where she lives with her partner and their three children. Better than the Real Thing is her first novel.

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