The Women in Black

`Seductive, hilarious, brilliantly observed, this novel shimmers with wit and tenderness.'
-- Helen Garner
`An exceptional writer. Those of us who knew her at Sydney University back in the late 1950s are still trying to forgive ourselves that we never guessed what she would become.'
-- Clive James
`A knockout - ironic, sharp, alive, and then you're stopped in your tracks by the warmth of her insights.'
-- Joan London
`A little gem...shot through with old-fashioned innocence and sly humour.'
* Vogue *
`A highly sophisticated work, full of funny, sharp and subtle observations...a small masterpiece.'
* Sunday Times (UK) *
`There is something special about...The Women in Black. St John's tone is...a joy: brisk, perfectly managed and, in its disdain for clutter, oddly life-affirming. She casts an airy spell with the deftness of her prose, which moves gracefully, swiftly and with perfect manners...[St John] conjures a Sydney on the cusp of modern promise; a place where her characters can meet the future with a bright face and step out of the past like an old dress, where limits can be lightly shaken off.'
-- Delia Falconer * Australian *