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A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller 'Notes from an Exhibition, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline. 'Do you need me to pray for you now for a specific reason?, 'I,m going to die.' 'We're all going to die. Does dying frighten you?' 'I mean I'm going to ...Show more
A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
Devastatingly moving and full of psychological insight, A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN is a warm, humane Cornish novel from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER 'A convincing, moving account of man's struggle with faith, marriage and morality' Sunday Times On a clear, crisp summer's day in Cornwall, a ...Show more
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything. A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threa ...Show more
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Sister Fidelma Ser.
"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair d ...Show more
Facing the Tank by Patrick Gale
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Patrick Gale's FACING THE TANK is a witty, eccentric novel of clergy, scandal and English eccentrics - 'Made me laugh out loud' Sunday Times' Gale speedily unleashes his merrily black mischief. The uncovering of the sadness behind the doilies and twinsets is in the best tradition of black humour' Observ ...Show more
Little Bits of Baby by Patrick Gale
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Patrick Gale's LITTLE BITS OF BABY is a charming, witty novel of love, possibility and life in crisis - 'Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive' Mail on Sunday Eight years ago, Robin fled from his family, friends, and entire life, to suffer a complete breakdown in an island monastery. Now he's recon ...Show more
Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer' A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written' Irish Examiner Laura, a laundre ...Show more
Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'One of the joys of Gale's writing is how even the smallest of characters can appear fully formed, due to a charming wickedness alongside deeper observations' Irish Times Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles ...Show more
Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale. Renowned Canadian artist Rachel Kelly -- now of Penzance -- has buried her past and married a gentle and loving Cornish man. Her life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression. When troubled artist Rachel Kel ...Show more
Rough Music by Patrick Gale
$26.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
Truly compelling and rich with emotional insight , Patrick Gale's Cornish novel, ROUGH MUSIC is a beautiful story of a marriage and the secrets a family holds. 'Sparkling with emotional intelligence. A gripping portrait of a marriage and the quiet, devastating fall-out of family life' Independent Julian ...Show more
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a compassionate, compelling new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality. 'It's delicious, it's dear, it's heart-breaking and very funny' Rachel Joyce'An incredibly beautiful story told with compassion. Nothing ...Show more
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a compassionate, compelling new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality. 'It's delicious, it's dear, it's heart-breaking and very funny' Rachel Joyce 'An incredibly beautiful story told with compassion. Nothing ...Show more