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MADWOMAN Chelsea Bieker
$ 32.99
Clove has spent the past few years meticulously crafting a family life that looks nothing like the one she grew up in . But when a letter arrives from a women ’ s prison in California the violent past Clove has worked so hard to conceal is in danger of being exposed .
THEORY & PRACTICE Michelle de Kretser
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It ’ s 1986 , and ‘ beautiful , radical ideas ’ are in the air . A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf . In bohemian St Kilda she meets artists , activists , students ... and Kit . He claims to be in a ‘ deconstructed ’ relationship , and they become lovers . Meanwhile , her work on the Woolfmother falls into disarray .
A SECRET GARDEN IN PARIS Sophie Beaumont
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Grieving Sydneysider Emma , garden designer Charlotte , and recently widowed florist Arielle all seek refuge in Paris . Drawn together by loss and the romantic gardens of Paris , the paths of the three women begin to intersect as they develop an unexpected friendship that will transform their lives .
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THE DEAL Alex Miller
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JUICE Tim Winton
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RIVER SONG Di Morrissey
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The arrival of a New York composer brings a rare touch of excitement to the country town of Fig Tree River . For Leonie , Madison , Sarita and Chrissie , four women involved in the local musical theatre , it ’ s a welcome distraction from the pressures of daily life . Then a lottery ticket , bought together on impulse , changes everything .
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Shaeden Berry
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Alice Montgomery vanished in 2015 . Seven years later , her best friend Hannah returns to her hometown , desperate for closure on Alice ’ s disappearance . But Marnie , Alice ’ s terminally ill mother , insists she had nothing to do with it and blames Rachel , a teacher . What unfolds is a tale of three women and a complex tale of grief unchecked .
It ’ s 1975 , and at the threshold of his writing career Andy McPherson meets Lang Tzu at a part-time teaching job , and is drawn into a dangerous relationship when Lang asks him to prove his friendship by brokering a risky deal for a muchdesired piece of art . In the process , Andy is negotiating his own deal with himself as an artist and navigating how to be fully present both for his partner , Jo , and their young daughter . A powerful and perceptive novel from two-time Miles Franklin Award-winner Alex Miller .
Two fugitives , a man and a child , drive all night across a stony desert to an abandoned mine site . They ’ re exhausted and desperate now . But it ’ s a promising refuge . Problem is , they ’ re not alone . So begins a searing , propulsive journey through a life whose central challenge is not simply a matter of survival , but of how to maintain human decency as everyone around you falls ever further into barbarism . An epic novel of determination , survival , and the limits of the human spirit . This is Tim Winton as you ’ ve never read him before .
MY NAME IS GUCCI : A DOG ’ S STORY Sun Jung
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My Name Is Gucci is a charming novel about the relationships between pets and their owners and about how the past shapes the present . This bold exshelter dog narrated fable beautifully unravels Gucci ’ s and his adopter / guardian ' s secrets , which have been intertwined for decades through their recurring reincarnations .
GOODNIGHT TOKYO Atsuhiro Yoshida , Haydn Trowell ( trans .)
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Matsui is the driver of a taxi the colour of the night sky . Every night between the hours of 1:00 am and 4.30 am , Matsui guides his taxi around the streets of Tokyo , collecting passengers and their stories . Goodnight Tokyo takes the reader on an intimate journey around Tokyo after dark .
EDENGLASSIE Melissa Lucashenko
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Two extraordinary Indigenous stories , set five generations apart , intertwine in Melissa Lucashenko ’ s epic novel . In Edenglassie , Mulanyin ’ s dreams clash with colonial justice , while two centuries later , activist Winona and Dr Johnny face the past ’ s legacy while caring for Granny Eddie . Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland ’ s colonial myths , while reimagining an Australian future .
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