The Flared Black Skirt

With the pressure mounting and only months left, her precision driven, faultless, pregnant boss wants Annie to be nothing short of a perfectionist in this new career.Cremation or burial?Church or chapel?Celebrant or priest?Coffin, flowers and music choices?Have you got the GMO?Where is the DC?Don’t forget the BDM!And the hearse needs a wash!Not only does Annie need to quickly learn to ask all the hard questions while supporting a grieving family, but also to be behind the scenes of a busy and demanding funeral directors’ business, all at the same time.However, while painstakingly and meticulously getting more confident in her new role, a family tragedy finds Annie having to deal with much more than possibly imaginable, while continuing to be professional and caring to her grieving families and drive the hearse in the bloody high heels!

Annie-Louise Buswell was born in Melbourne in 1959. She has been in love with books and reading for as long as she could remember.

With true life events being her favourite reads, she decided to put pen to paper in her late 50s and record some of her own. The Flared Black Skirt is her first novel.

She has two amazing children and the Nana of seven more grandchildren at the time of publishing!

Although inspired by true stories, the events and characters portrayed have been created for dramatic effect and is based loosely on the author’s real-life adventures.