Jessica Dettman_59

In 'This Has Been Absolutely Lovely' all the familiar ingredients are in the mix: someone's pregnant, someone's addicted, someone's sad, someone's dead. The mum was a pop star. The daughter's a hippy. The neighbour's a spunk. The son is selfish. His wife is German. Set in a Sydney summer, it's light but tart and absolutely lovely. "Oh, it's a thing all right. I've seen enough things in my time to know a thing when it's right in front of me." That's Jane, my favourite.