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Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia

Suzy Zail, a mother of three, was born in 1966 in Melbourne, and has worked as a solicitor
specialising in family law. After the birth of her second child, Suzy left the law to concentrate
on writing. She has written for magazines and is the author of children's books published in
Australia, Canada and the U.S. Her father-daughter memoir, The Tattooed Flower,
the story of her relationship with her ailing father, was published in 2006.
Suzy's most recent work, All You Need is Love: Fifteen Journeys to Motherhood, is a portrait in words and pictures of fifteen Australian women and their remarkable journeys to motherhood.
The mothers who share their stories have a diversity of experience - whether single, married, gay, heterosexual, disabled, surrogate, adoptive, multiple birth or foster mother - they tell of a selfless yet fierce love for their children. Their experiences are studded with fear, insecurity and sadness, but also light, laughter and love.
 'I was privileged to sit in these women's kitchens, meet their children and listen to their stories' says author Suzy Zail. 'We talked of their earliest memories of wanting to be a mother, how they came to be pregnant, how they coped with labour, their experience of motherhood, and how being a mother had changed them.  Motherhood comes in many forms and yet what struck me more than these women's differences were their similarities,' she says.
'Whether raising foster children, a child with a disability, or a child born of egg-donation, all share the same pride over their children's achievements and the same swell of anger when their children are hurt or threatened.'
All You Need is Love: Fifteen Journeys to Motherhood is a celebration of the joys and
challenges of motherhood.
What the Critics say about 'All You Need is Love':

Beautifully written by acclaimed author, Suzy Zail, this frank collection of stories about motherhood, told by 15 brave women, is infused with all the emotions mothers experience-joy, fear, sadness and light. Doubleday entertainment.
A poignant book exploring contemporary motherhood. The Age.
The book offers a very different, original and refreshing take on motherhood. This is no ordinary book. Sunday Tasmanian.

What the Critics say about 'the Tattooed flower':

A haunting yet hopeful story of survival, along with an utterly inspiring portrait of living with a terminal illness. Bookseller and publisher.
Life and death are close companions on an intense and illuminating journey in The Tattooed Flower. Courier Mail.

 


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