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RATHER HIS OWN MAN BUTTERFLY ON A PIN
Geoffrey Robertson
RRP $45.00 Alannah Hill
RRP $32.99
In this witty, engrossing and sometimes poignant memoir,
a sequel to his best-selling The Justice Game, Australia’s
inimitable Geoffrey Robertson charts his progress from
pimply state schoolboy to top Old Bailey barrister and
thence onwards and upwards to a leading role in the
struggle for human rights throughout the world. This extraordinary book is the fierce and intelligent
account of how a freckle-faced teenage runaway
metamorphosed into a trailblazing designer and true
original. In Butterfly on a Pin one of Australia’s most
successful fashion designers, Alannah Hill bares her soul.
DUE 1ST MAY
BRIDGE BURNING AND OTHER HOBBIES REBEL WITH A CAUSE
Kitty Flanagan
RRP $29.99 Jacqui Lambie
RRP $29.99
Kitty Flanagan has been locked in a freezer in Western
Australia, been insulted about the size of her lady
parts in Singapore and borne witness to the world’s
most successful wife swap in suburban Sydney. In this
collection of cautionary tales, one of Australia’s favourite
entertainers provides hilarious and honest life advice.
Outspoken, unexpected and refreshingly honest, Rebel
with a Cause is the candid memoir of Jacqui Lambie.
The subject matter is real and sometimes raw, but Jacqui
handles it with humour, honesty and dignity. It’s safe to
say that there’s never, ever been a politician’s memoir like
this in Australia.
FINDING MY PLACE THE BOY FROM BARADINE
Anne Aly
RRP $32.99 Craig Emerson
RRP $35.00
Told with warmth, humour and insight, Anne’s
book is an irresistible story by an irrepressible
Australian woman who has already made her mark
internationally and in public life.
DUE 24TH APRIL
The Boy from Baradine is an unusual ex-politician’s
memoir. It is a deeply human tale of trauma and triumph,
of fear and fun, of character overcoming adversity.
It will also inspire young people showing that it is
possible to succeed from the most unlikely of personal
circumstances.
A MOTHER’S CHOICE MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMUS
Elle Halliwell
RRP $29.99 James Jeffrey
RRP $32.99
Newly pregnant with her first child, Elle faced an
impossible choice: save her own life or that of her unborn
baby ... Elle chose her baby over herself, a mother’s
choice. Her hard and painful journey has made her
more determined to live well and enjoy life to the full. A
Mother’s Choice is compelling, moving and inspiring.
What could have been a calamitous upbringing for
James Jeffrey, turned instead into an education. For
better or worse, his family handed out lessons that would
guide him through life, into marriage, and eventually
parenthood. My Family and Other Animus is an ode to his
family.
MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA
A CERTAIN LIGHT
Sofija Stefanovic
RRP $34.99
Cynthia Banham
RRP $32.99
Cynthia found that the lives of her Italian grandfather
and his sister resonated with her own. Discovering their
sacrifice, joy, fear and love, their stories mirror and
illuminate Cynthia’s own determination and courage in
the face of overwhelming adversity. A Certain Light speaks
to the heart of what really matters in life.
DUE 30TH APRIL
Unpolished Gem with a touch of Stasiland: Miss Ex-
Yugoslavia is a funny, dark and tender memoir about
growing up between the lunacy of Yugoslavia’s civil war
and suburban Australia. With appearances from war lords
and their pet tigers, mafia bosses and beauty queens, this
book announces a compelling new Australian voice.
THE PASTOR AND THE PAINTER MEGHAN
Cindy Wockner
RRP $32.99 Andrew Morton
RRP $29.99
This is the intimate, and untold, story of Andrew Chan
and Myuran Sukumaran, of their childhoods and what
turned them to drugs, what happened in their ten years
in Kerobokan Prison, the numerous legal
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appeals, the political fallout and the
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growing worldwide pleas for mercy that
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saw vigils held around Australia. In Meghan author Andrew Morton tells Meghan Markle's
compelling story and places her life in context with other
American women who have had a dramatic impact on
royalty as she forges her way as a truly modern princess.
Here is the inside story of Meghan Markle – published in
time for the royal wedding!
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DUE 19TH APRIL