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THE BURROW Melanie Cheng
$ 32.99
Amy , Jin and Lucie are leading isolated lives in their inner-city home . They are not happy . When they buy a pet rabbit , and then Amy ’ s mother comes to stay , the family is forced to confront long-buried secrets . Will opening their hearts to the rabbit help them to heal or only invite further tragedy ?
THINGS WILL CALM DOWN SOON Zoë Foster Blake
$ 32.99
Welcome to the hectic world of beauty and business in this highly relatable novel following a talented hair stylist turned entrepreneur juggling family dramas , workplace near-catastrophes and relationship crises . Things will calm down soon … right ? Follow hair stylist Kit from idea to founder of a highly successful hair-care company .
THIS KINGDOM OF DUST David Dyer
$ 34.99
Dyer imagines the lives of the Apollo mission heroes , and those on planet earth in the tumultuous 1960s . Explore this harrowing scenario through the intertwined narratives of three distinct voices – Buzz on the Moon , his wife Joan back on Earth , and Aquarius , the journalist compelled to craft a story he doesn ’ t want to write .
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THE BELBURD Nardi Simpson
$ 32.99
WING Nikki Gemmell
$ 34.99
WOULD YOU RATHER Maggie Alderson
$ 34.99
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After selling their house , Sophie Crommelin ’ s life is upended by a series of shocks , leaving her heading to Hastings alone . Meanwhile , her son Beau , a rising jewellery designer , faces scandal after his father Matt ’ s sudden death . New friends and opportunities await in this moving story of love and second chances .
THE BOGAN BOOK CLUB John Larkin
$ 29.99
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When James is released from prison , his tradie brother , Larry , employs him as a cleaner and starts a factory Book Club to help him rebuild his life . Expecting uneducated bogans and westies , James soon realises that these misfits are some of the warmest , funniest , and most intelligent humans he has ever met .
From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women , creation , belonging and the precious fragility of a life . Ginny Dilboong is a young poet , fierce and deadly . Like powerful women before her , Ginny hugs the edges of waterways , and though she is a daughter of Country , the place that shapes her is not hers . The Belburd is a powerful story that shows us we are all connected from before we began to long after we begin again .
Students from an elite girls ’ school go on a camping trip into the Australian bush . Four of them – a girl gang , a group of best friends dubbed ‘ The Cins ’ by the teachers – become separated from the main group . A male teacher volunteers to look for them . None of the five come back . Days crawl past , agonisingly , with no sign of the girls or their teacher . Finally , separated and traumatised , the four girls re-appear . But the male teacher does not . And The Cins aren ’ t talking . Wing is an immersive , heartrush of a read .
MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY Jungeun Yun , Shanna Tan ( trans .)
$ 32.99
The inspirational Korean bestseller , a soul-stirring tale set in a magical laundry – while your clothes are being washed , have your bad memories cleansed . As we laugh , wonder and grow , Marigold Mind Laundry shows how we too can tap into the positivity and magic that lies in us all .
HEAD FOR THE HILLS Tricia Stringer
$ 34.99 $ 29.99
Bestselling author Tricia Stringer asks whether age necessarily brings wisdom when the sale of a deceased estate pits sister against sister , divides a community and wreaks havoc in a small country town . Gentle humour , practical wisdom and trademark warmth underpin this clever novel from a bestselling Australian author .
INTERMEZZO Sally Rooney
$ 34.99
Aside from the fact that they are brothers , Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common . Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his 30s . Ivan is a 22-year-old competitive chess player . For two grieving brothers and the people they love , this is a new interlude – a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking .
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