The Australian Women's Weekly

Highway to hell

"Just sit back and try to enjoy it,” husband said, throwing me the keys. “It’s good to have time together.”

Ok, I’ll harden up, stiffen my upper lip and keep calm and carry on for the sake of my eldest child, who’d recently got the ‘L’ plates. He’d passed the test and now I had to pass the ultimate parenting test – spending time alone in a

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