Anna Woiwood does not get half the recognition she deserves! She writes intense, gripping, heartbreaking, beautiful stories about queer women in the mid 1900s that are raw and real.

A Tiger in Suburbia is set in the 1950s and follows the story of Vera - an unhappy housewife and struggling mother - after her husband moves their family out of the city, and away from freedom. Vera finds herself surrounded by the monotony of suburban life - forced obligations, catty/gossipy housewives, unfaithful men, and the pressure to be everything she is not. A doting mother. An obedient wife. A happy homemaker. A quiet, reserved woman. Docile. Submissive. Perfect.

Drowning in the unrelenting sea of her new existence, Vera takes to alcohol and chain smoking for a way to escape. But it’s not enough. Especially when she catches sight of a breathtaking older woman in church. The more she learns about this woman, the more she needs to know her - and the whispers and rumors about this stranger only intrigue her more. Eventually the two women enter into a torrid affair, hidden in shadows and secrets (and church libraries