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AUGUST 2019

'I was a trophy wife and loved it. And then I turned 40.'
'We’re used to hearing certain types of stories about disability. Mine isn’t one of them.'
'I was on a first date when he said the words: “I don’t have…feelings”. My stomach lurched.'
“Blood-curdling. Then it was over." Deborah watched three of her friends die in shark-infested waters.
The stories behind the biggest cons and crimes pulled off by women.
Melissa's family were $50,000 in debt. Now, they've bought their dream home.
"I would cry during every feed." Five mums get real about their struggle with breastfeeding.
Dannette thought she had kidney stones, so she went to the ER. She left with triplets.
Edith married the man convicted of killing her identical twin, Johana. He was in prison at the time.
'When my daughter was diagnosed with autism, my own childhood suddenly made sense.'
Janice had an illegal abortion at 15. To 'teach her a lesson', the doctor added a 'punishment'.
'A letter to the father of my kids: This is why our relationship must come to an end.'
The little-known stories of the world's most fascinating real-life mob wives.
"Lazy, slow and sad." What it feels like living with depression, the 'uncool' mental illness.
Fans thought Marina Joyce was begging for help on YouTube. Three years later, she vanished.
'At 19, I was sexually assaulted by a man I had liked. Until now, I've never told a soul.'
Jarrod Lyle's widow on life one year on from losing her husband.
Sam Frost: 'I was in a psychologically abusive relationship for 18 months. I had no idea.'
When Christine fell pregnant, her parents chased Clyde away. 47 years later, they married.
'It's challenging.' Dave Bashford on what it's like living with girlfriend Sam Frost's mental illness.
'There was no one to help. This was it. I was going to die in my bathroom, single and alone.'
A 10 minute snooze, 4:30am meditations and nightly naps: A day in the life of Edwina Bartholemew.