{"product_id":"the-marriage-trap","title":"The Marriage Trap","description":"\u003ch4\u003eVictoria Purman | Paperback | May 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Radio Hour\u003c\/i\u003e comes this charming but pointed look at the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s, and the effects of the pill, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women as alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles, they embrace freedom..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1960s Adelaide: The Langley family - Olive, Len and their two daughters, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn - live a peaceful suburban life, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCathy, training to be a teacher, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage, then no work, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married, it's all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess ... until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women's reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors, the might of the Catholic church, and the outdated morality of previous generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details js-book-details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-gutters\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__expand\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data  mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-author-about__desc\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVictoria Purman is an Australian top ten and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling fiction author. Her most recent book,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA Woman's Work,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas an Australian bestseller, as were her novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nurses' War,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Women's Pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Land Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last of the Bonegilla Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Her earlier novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Three Miss Allens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller. She is a regular guest at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA\/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo find out more, visit Victoria's website, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\"\u003evictoriapurman.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can also follow her on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VictoriaPurmanAuthor\/\"\u003eFacebook\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/victoriapurmanauthor\/\"\u003eInstagram\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\"\u003e@victoriapurmanauthor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and Twitter (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\"\u003e@VictoriaPurman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49054130733223,"sku":null,"price":41.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/marriagetrap.jpg?v=1777340161","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-marriage-trap","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}