Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Christmas with the Cocquerels

In the countryside of Orange, NSW, sits a lovely homestead containing a lifetime of memories for the Cocquerel clan. It’s the place where, as youngsters, sisters Emilie, Elsa and Anna – who, along with their brother, Tom, are now successful actors – would let their imaginations run wild. “Orange was the backdrophas joined them and their mother, Georgia, 55, for a pre-Christmas celebration at the home of their 82-year-old grandmother, Barbara Simpson.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ4 min read
Coming Up Roses
This is joy in its purest form: Silky cool and velvety to touch, the billowing Jurlique Rose sits feather light across my cupped palms, a sumptuous burst of pale pink petals that beckons, not just with its beauty, but with its almighty sweet scent. I
Australian Women’s Weekly NZ5 min read
Yes, Menopause Brain Does Exist
Along with sweating and poor sleep often comes something many menopausal women don’t anticipate: Brain fog. Few things are more disconcerting than when your brain feels like mush rather than the sharp and useful tool you’ve been used to, or when your
Australian Women’s Weekly NZ4 min read
From One Mum To Another
I was on my way to pick up my 10-year-old daughter Freya from a birthday party when I received the news I might have cancer. I said to the doctor, “I don’t have time for cancer,” and he said, “Well, you’re going to have to make a bit of time.” I was

Related Books & Audiobooks