The Changing Room

Well, I must say this book was a lovely refreshing debut novel. The story of three women from three backgrounds whose lives come together because of a single simple enterprise.

Molly has always had a tough life, abandoned by her mother and looked after by her beloved grandmother, she falls in with the wrong crowd and ends up the mother of four children by the time she is 21.
Anna is an efficient and reliable executive assistant to a businessman. She even has a trophy to prove it, until, because of circumstances, she finds herself out of a job.
Claire has always had a somewhat privileged life, married to a doctor and reveled in her role as the hostess with the mostess! She also is a partner in an executive coaching business with her friend Alice.

Over a glass of champagne they come up with the idea of a business that helps women who couldn't get a job or interview because they don't have the right clothes to wear. They decided to get this off the ground and call the business Suitability. This is where the three women come together.

This book was an excellent read. As well as being a page turner it covered subjects such as loneliness, domestic abuse, poverty but most importantly female friendship. An impressive debut novel from another new Australian author.

Three women from three very different backgrounds come together to change the lives of women who are unable to get a job because they don’t have an outfit to wear to an interview. Here they create Suitability designed to get women back into the workforce and gain confidence. However, the women they endeavour to help are the only ones who need a boost of confidence. Anna, Claire and Molly all need to be lifted too.


You can clearly see that Christine has a deep personal connection with the charity Dress For Impress, which
inspired this novel.