Angry Women’s Choir by Meg Bignell

WINNER – People’s Choice Award, Tasmanian Premier’s Prize for Fiction

‘…this is a mighty fun read’ – Jessie Tu
Freycinet Barnes has built herself the perfect existence. With beautiful children, a successful husband and a well-ordered schedule, it’s a life so full she simply doesn’t fit.

When she steps outside her calendar and is accidentally thrown into the generous bosom of the West Moonah Women’s Choir, she finds music, laughter, friendship and a humming wellspring of rage. With the ready acceptance of the colourful choristers, Frey learns that voices can move mountains, fury can be kind and life can do with a bit of ruining.

Together, Frey and the choir sing their anger, they breathe it in and stitch it up, belt it out and spin it into a fierce, driving beat that will kick the system square in the balls, and possibly demolish them all.

‘If you have forgotten why you’re angry, if you’ve forgotten that you are angry, this laugh-out-loud, sob-out-loud, sing-out-loud book will remind you.’ Minnie Darke

‘A boisterous tale of music, friendship and women’s rights.’ Books + Publishing

‘Bignell gives us an abundance of truth and laughter. Never a dull moment.’ Country Style

About the Author: Meg Bignell was a nurse and a weather presenter on the telly before she surrendered to
a persistent desire to write. She is the author of four novels and one non-fiction book. Her third novel, The Angry Women’s Choir, won the People’s Choice Award for fiction at the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards. She has written and performed in short films, cabaret shows and a musical. She lives on the east coast of Tasmania with her husband, three children, one dog and about a thousand cows.

16 May 2023
 

The Angry Women’s Choir by Meg Bignell ISBN 9781761048708