Gucci Mamas (28 page)

Michelle Hamer and Lisa Blundell each have four children, one husband and assorted pets, including a rabbit, blue-tongue lizard, turtle, cat and dog. Lisa sometimes even has koalas in her backyard, but Michelle thinks that may be taking the notion of a tree-change too far.

As with the characters in their book, both women have been Reading Mums; they sometimes get caught up in Carpark Mafia gossip, but they have never been Mothers Superior – well, not on purpose anyway.

Michelle and Lisa take shopping very seriously – whether it’s at a posh boutique or the local St Vinnies. They both appreciate the importance of a well-brewed latte and don’t mind being Gucci Mamas every now and then, as long as they can get home and pull on their trakkies afterwards.

Michelle is a prolific freelance journalist who has written for newspapers and magazines such as
The Age
and
FHM
for the past twenty years. She is also the author of three non-fiction books published in four countries.

Lisa comes from a varied media and advertising background that included doing voice-over work, advertising and copywriting.

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