Kirsten Lees

Let go of my leg! How to get the working life you want after children
Prentice-Hall, September 2006.

It’s time to go back to work. But this time you’ll be a working mother. So, what has changed? And what’s the same? What is it that you want? And how are you going to get your little darling to let go of your leg long enough to allow you to get out of the door?

If you’ve been asking yourself these questions, then this is the book for you.

UK edition on sale in all English speaking coutnries outside of Australia and New Zealand. Greek and Russian editions now being prepared for publication later in 2007.

Let go of my leg! Australia & New Zealand Edition
Hardie Grant, Australia, May 2005.

'One of the most refreshing books on this subject published in recent years. Tips, guides and personal experiences show women the way to negotiate their own working conditions. The strength of Let go of my leg! is in its practical applications. It guides you through the processes once you’ve made the decision to return to work, but best of all, it recognises that a woman’s needs are different after children.'

Karen Hardy, Canberra Times

Votes for women, The Australian Story
"Votes for women" was the cry all over Australia 100 years ago. From paddock to parlour, women gathered to plan the campaigns that would lead the world and win them the vote. Harassment and hostility were met with strength of purpose and good humour. Women put all their talents to work for the cause. They published magazines and opened clubs, they staged mock elections and women's parliaments, and they wrote poetry to celebrate. They distributed pamphlets, demonstrated and devised petitions. Women toured the country, crossing mountains and struggling through the outback by carriage or horse-drawn cart, whatever it took to put votes for women on the agenda. Victory did not come easily, but step by step, state by state, women triumphed.