Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From renowned author Paul Theroux comes the fascinating, atmospheric tale of George Orwell's years in Burma. 'There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever.' - George Orwell Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair ...Show more
The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro: A Novel by Viola Ardone
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the internationally bestselling author of The Children’s Train comes an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, set in 1960s Sicily and based on a true story, of how a young Sicilian girl defied centuries old tradition to win the right to control her own life.As provincial Sicily bursts into life with t ...Show more
Twelve Steps to a Long and Fulfilling Death by Sarah Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A dark comedy about how to live your best life, even when you're dead. Stacey was trying to live her best life, but now she’s dead. But why hasn't she passed on? Could it be her fatal car accident is actually murder? Detectives Ed Beaufontaine and Rose Garafino have a long list of suspects, chief amon ...Show more
The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel by Brianna Labuskes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American wr ...Show more
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Reese Witherspoon's March Book Club Pick! 'Big-hearted, earthy and funny... A rattlingly good story' Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold HotelEvery woman has a secret life... When Nikki takes a creative writing job at her local temple, with visions of emancipating the women of the community she le ...Show more
Weyward by Emilia Hart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
KATE, 2019 Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century. VIOLET, 1942 Violet is more interested in collecting insects and climbing tree ...Show more
Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the ...Show more
A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
"Mrs. Parks was often paid in gold dust, but she paid her girls in dollars ..."From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girlsMonterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was kill ...Show more
The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events by Janet Skeslien Charles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book... 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of wome ...Show more
Selling The Dream by Hugh Mackay
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
"If someone asked me who should write a satirical novel about the advertising business - someone with inside knowledge who could write well and was extremely clever and amusing - I'd say, 'See if Hugh Mackay is available.'" John ClarkeLincoln The Hunter is living the dream. Universally admired and terri ...Show more
Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories by Lauren Groff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Lauren Groff's critically acclaimed "The Monsters of Templeton" was shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Award for New Writers 2008, and critics hailed her as an enormous talent and a writer to watch. In "Delicate Edible Birds", she fulfils that promise. "Delicate Edible Birds" includes nine stories of ...Show more
Hopscotch by Jane Messer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Forced into an early retirement due to illness, Sam Rosen has lost any semblance of control over his life. His frustration flares into rudeness and obstinacy frequently and bizarrely. His wife Rhonda, confined to the carer role, is feeling her identity ebb slowly away as her former life retreats further ...Show more