out she ’ s broken her hip and can ’ t care for their ailing father or pay her bills , they decide to help . There ’ s just one problem : Jack hasn ’ t spoken to Linda since he came out as a trans man over a decade ago . Will family ties be enough to disentangle years of hurt , prejudice and pyramid-scheme brainwashing ? Or will Jack have to cancel his mother for good ? A deeply illuminating examination of family dynamics in a world full of division and misinformation . |
THE END OF THE MORNING
Charmian Clift , Nadia Wheatley ( ed .)
$ 34.99
During the years of the Great Depression , Cressida Morley and her eccentric family live in a weatherboard cottage on the edge of a wild beach . Outsiders in their community , they rant and argue and read books and never feel themselves to be poor . Yet Cressida starts to outgrow the place that once seemed the centre of the world and plans her escape . The only question is : who will she become ? Although the author did not live to complete it , the typescript left among her papers was fully revised and stands alone as a novella alongside a new selection of Clift ’ s essays and an afterword from her biographer Nadia Wheatley . The End of the Morning is the book that Clift herself regarded as her most significant work .
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THE HUSBANDS
Holly Gramazio
$ 34.99
One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband . All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he ’ s right . Lauren ’ s attic , she slowly realises , is creating an endless supply of husbands for her . The one who ’ s too hot ( there must be a catch ). The one who turns everything into double entendres (‘ I ’ ll weed your garden ’). But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb , how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one , or the wrong one , or the best one ? And how long should you keep trying to find out ?
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AUDREY ’ S GONE AWOL
Annie de Monchaux
$ 34.99
For the best part of 40 years Audrey has devoted herself to family life , but lately she ’ s become aware that she lost herself somewhere between
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‘ I do ’ and the weekly shop . Worse , her academic husband Simon has found time for romance – just not with Audrey . Feeling invisible to everyone , even herself , she flees to her aunt ’ s home in rural France . While waiting for her sudden absence to spark a change of heart in Simon , Audrey finds solace in the charms of the French countryside and the company of her aged aunt and a cast of eccentric Bretons . But soon Audrey discovers going AWOL might do more than save her marriage , it might change her life ... |
historical THE BEAUTIES
Lauren Chater
$ 32.99
An incomparable beauty . A promise to a king . A portrait that can never be completed . When Emilia Lennox loses everything after her husband ’ s lands and title are confiscated , her beauty is her best bargaining chip with the only man who can restore their fortunes : King Charles II himself . But the king ’ s favour comes at a price . He will pardon Emilia ’ s husband only if she agrees to be his mistress . Torn , Emilia comes up with a condition of her own : she will consent , but not until her portrait hangs among the famed Windsor Beauties , a series commissioned by the Duchess of York to showcase the fairest women in the royal retinue . For Henry Greenhill , ambitious assistant to the court painter , the opportunity to paint Emilia ’ s portrait is a chance to step out of his master ’ s shadow . But his sitter proves as evasive as she is beautiful , and with barely a sketch to show for his efforts , Henry ’ s career is on the line . As the king ’ s patience wears thin , it ’ s clear that more than creative talent will be needed to capture this incomparable beauty on canvas ... From the bestselling author of The Lace Weaver comes this seductive story of rivalry , artistic passion and a woman bold enough to wield her beauty as a weapon .
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THE ENGRAVER ’ S SECRET
Lisa Medved
$ 32.99
In this art history thriller , two women , Antonia in 1620s Spanish Netherlands and present-day art historian Charlotte in Belgium are connected by a mysterious map and a family secret spanning hundreds of years tied to the life , times , and feuds of the artist Peter Paul Rubens . Centuries apart , Charlotte ’ s and Antonia ’ s lives intertwine as they unearth long-buried secrets about a master and his engraver where theft , betrayal and the fallout of family
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loyalty run rampant . Charlotte is certain of one thing – no one can be trusted . What do you do when the weight of betrayal grows too heavy to bear ?
THE MISTRESS OF DARA ISLAND
Averil Kenny
$ 32.99
Thalia ‘ Tally ’
Ramsey has grown up barefoot , wild and free on the island purchased by her maternal grandfather . It is a paradise with two faces : an idyllic honeymoon resort for the rich and famous ; and an untamed coastline with steeply rising peaks covered in impenetrable jungle . Tally has always known she will one day become the Mistress of Dara Island , but her determination brings her into conflict with her ruthless father . After a sudden disappearance from the island , Tally embarks on a desperate search that leads her deep into Dara ’ s treacherous wilderness – a journey that will challenge all her assumptions about herself , her home and the people she loves .
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THE SHADOW KEY
Susan Stokes- Chapman
$ 34.99
available 9 april
Meirionnydd ,
1783 . Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital . The only job he can find is as a physician in the backwaters of Wales where he can ’ t speak the language , belief in myth and magic is rife , and the villagers treat him with bewildering suspicion . When Henry discovers his predecessor died under mysterious circumstances , he is determined to find answers . Linette Tresilian , the unconventional mistress of Plas Helyg , has had no choice but to become fiercely self-reliant . Linette has always suspected something is not quite right in the village , but it is only through Henry ’ s investigations that the truth about those closest to her will come to light and bind hers and Henry ’ s destinies together in ways neither thought possible .
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THE WILD DATE PALM
Diane Armstrong
$ 32.99
From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel based on an astonishing true story . During a train journey across Turkey ’ s Anatolian Plain in 1915 during World War I , Shoshana Adelstein witnesses the slaughter of
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the Armenians . Fearing for her Jewish community in the Ottoman Empire , she enlists a group of co-conspirators who include her charismatic lover Eli and her impetuous brother Nathan to spy on the Turks and pass on intelligence to the British . This epic novel explores the fate of ordinary people whose mission collides with the secret agenda of powerful countries , people ready to risk everything to rescue their communities . But can individuals affect the fate of nations ? When one ’ s life is at stake , how far will we go to reach the limits of our dreams ?
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ ( TV TIE-IN )
Heather Morris
$ 22.99
On the first transport of men from Slovakia to Auschwitz in 1942 , Lale immediately stands out to his fellow prisoners . In the camp , he is looked up to , looked out for , and put to work in the privileged position of Ttowierer to mark his fellow prisoners , forever . One of them is a young woman , Gita , who steals his heart at first glance . His life given new purpose , Lale does his best through the struggle and suffering to use his position for good . This story , full of beauty and hope , is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig ( Lale ) Sokolov . This internationally bestselling novel is soon to be a new drama series .
fantasy THE FAMILIAR
Leigh Bardugo
$ 34.99
available 9 april
In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid , Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil . But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles , she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court . Determined to seize this chance to better her fortunes , Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility , desperate kings , holy men and seers , where the lines between magic , science and fraud blur . With the pyres of the Inquisition burning , she must use every bit of her wit and resilience to win fame and hide the truth of her ancestry – even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered immortal familiar , whose own secrets could cost her everything .
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