Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2019 Autumn-reading-guide-2019-WEB | Page 6

FICTION Mary Chamberlain RRP $29.99 The Time is Now, Monica sparrow The Hidden is a heart rending and provocative story of love and betrayal, shame and survival, casting light into the forgotten or unknown shadows of war. Matt Howard RRP $29.99 Cast adrift by loss, Monica Sparrow is marooned in Neasden, the loneliest village in London… This is the story of four isolated people thrown together by family and circumstance. It is a humorous and heart-warming tale of second chances and new beginnings. Due May 14 When Andrew Garvie and Bramber Winters finally meet they have a choice - to remain alone with their painful pasts or break free and, unlike their dolls, come to life. This is a love story of two very real, unusual people. Jane Cooper begins to investigate the life of Muriel, who claims to be a famous artist from Sydney’s bohemian 1920s. Murderer, narcissist, sexual deviant or artistic genius and a woman before her time: Who really is Muriel Kemp? Due APRIL 16 The Parisian Alison Weir 9 Nina Allen RRP $32.99 Julie Keys RRP $32.99 Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets Due APRIL The Dollmaker The Artist’s Portrait The HIDDEN RRP $32.99 OUR PRICE $27 Acclaimed historian Alison Weir draws on new evidence to conjure a startling image of Anna as you’ve never seen her before. A charming, spirited woman, she was loved by all who knew her - and even, ultimately, by the King who rejected her. COMING Due May 7 Due APRIL 23 Master of My Fate Cape May Sienna Brown RRP $32.99 Chip Cheek RRP $32.99 Henry and Effie, young newlyweds, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon. As they tentatively discover each other, they begin to realize that everyday married life might be disappointingly different from their happily-ever-after fantasy. Due May 1 Wedding Puzzle Sallie Muirden RRP $29.99 With an Austenesque feel, Wedding Puzzle is an astute, entertaining, and often tense comedy of manners, that considers our choice of partner and the decision to marry as the key moment in our lives. Give a gift card Isabella Hammad RRP $32.99 99 Master of My Fate is a novel about one man’s journey to become his own master, from slavery in Jamaica, through to eventual freedom in colonial New South Wales. It is based on a true story. As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself. He discovers that everything is fragile and everyone is looking for a place to belong. soon Due MAY 6 The Beekeeper of Aleppo Christy Lefteri RRP $29.99 Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape… Due May Due JUNE The Last Painting of Sara de Vos The Electric Hotel 6 Dominic Smith RRP $14.99 This extraordinary novel tracks a collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter, its inheritor in 1950s Manhattan, and a celebrated Australian art historian who painted a forgery of it in her youth. 3 Dominic Smith RRP $32.99 Los Angeles, 1962: Silent filmmaker Claude Ballard’s daily routine is interrupted by an aspiring film student, whose inquiries about Claude’s famous lost film, The Electric Hotel, sparks memories of a near-forgotten era: Paris, 1895. Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au