We Are Not in the World by Conor O'Callaghan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'Haunting, mesmerising, and so deeply intelligent about the interwoven strengths and frailties of the human heart.' Kamila Shamsie Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man drives a haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-somethin ...Show more
The White Devil by Paul Hoffman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Welcome those of you from the Old World. Welcome to the New.Mankind's most reluctant hero - Thomas Cale - is back.Cale is through running from his enemies. He's survived the Sanctuary attempts to kill him. He's survived being betrayed by his greatest love. He's survived heaven, hell and everything in be ...Show more
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
The first novel in nearly twenty years from the acclaimed actor/writer/director, A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS is a book about art and love, fame and heartbreak -- a blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut just as his marriage implodes. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the re ...Show more
The Zookeeper of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
As the bombs rain down on the city, Belfast's first ever female zookeeper must fight to save the baby elephant in her charge in this gripping, uplifting tale based on a true story. 1941. With the men away fighting, animal-lover Hettie Quin is made Belfast Zoo's first ever female zookeeper. She is put in ...Show more
Fidelity: Now a Netflix limited series by Marco Missiroli
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER' Missiroli cuts right through to the darkness of our inner lives' Roberto Saviano 'You'll feel like taking refuge in the pages of this book and never leaving its confines' La Stampa Carlo, a part-time professor of creative writing, and Margherita, an architect-turned-real ...Show more
Maggie by Catherine Johns
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A priest unable to contain his desires; a schoolgirl starved for affection and hoping to escape from a violent, alcoholic father - this is the story of MAGGIE, based on an incredible true story. Dreaming of breaking free from her troubled family, Maggie becomes entangled instead in a taboo relationship ...Show more
Other Women by Cathy Kelly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Three women. Three secrets. Three tangled lives... Sid wears her independence like armour. So when she strikes up a rare connection with unlucky-in-love Finn, they are both determined to prove that men and women can just be friends. Can't they?Marin has the perfect home, attentive husband, two beloved c ...Show more
Pew by Catherine Lacey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
An eerie modern tale for fans of Shirley Jackson and Sarah Hall from a young American writer hailed as one of the finest of her generation
The Fat Lady Sings: Black Britain: Writing Back by Roy Jacqueline
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Black Britain: Writing Back Ser.
It is the 1990s, and Gloria is living in a London psychiatric ward. She is unapologetically loud, audacious and eternally on the brink of bursting into song. After several months of uninterrupted routine, she is joined by another young black woman - Merle - who is full of silences and fear.Unable to con ...Show more
Friends and Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A group of housemates in Sydney's inner city contend with gentrification, divisive politics, loss, grief, their own complicated privilege as second-generation Australians, the evolving world of dating and work in this wry debut. Losing a father isn't easy. Neither is the split existence you live afterwa ...Show more
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Peaces is the story of Otto and Xavier Shin, a couple who embark on a mysterious train journey that takes them far beyond any destination they could have anticipated. As the carriages roll along they discover each is more curious and fascinating than the last, becoming embroiled in this strange train an ...Show more
Secrets of Happiness by Joan Silber
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
When a man discovers his father in New York has long had another, secret, family--a wife and two kids--the interlocking fates of both families lead to surprise loyalties, love triangles, and a reservoir of inner strength. Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second ...Show more