Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2019 Autumn-reading-guide-2019-WEB | Page 9

After the Party Cassie Hamer RRP $29.99 An unexpected gift left at her daughter’s fifth birthday party in the form of a little girl pitches Sydney mum Lisa Wheeldon into events both hilarious and life-changing. This touching and clever novel that asks what wouldn’t you do to save a child? Gravity is the Thing Jaclyn Moriarty Minnie Darke RRP $32.99 Joanne Harris RRP $32.99 Vianne Rocher runs her chocolate shop in Lansquenet-sous-Tannes. But when the old florist dies the life of the sleepy village is thrown into disarray. There’s some kind of change: a confrontation, a turbulence - even, perhaps, a murder... 23 The Flatshare Beth O’Leary RRP $32.99 OUR PRICE $27 99 Stylist Tiffy and Leon share a flat. Tiffy and Leon share a bed. Tiffy and Leon have never met... Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. It’s the perfect solution… THE Island of Sea Women Lisa See RRP $29.99 The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives. Nina George RRP $29.99 On his way to meet his son for the first time, hardened former war correspondent Henry Skinner is hit by a car after rescuing a child from drowning. The Book of Dreams is a bittersweet tale about the distance one man will travel for love from author of The Little Paris Bookshop. Home fires A Life of Her Own Fiona McCallum RRP $32.99 When Alice finishes university she is offered a job with a real estate agency. But all is not as it seems. Although she is determined to make it work, will it affect her values? From Fiona McCallum comes a story about making difficult choices and chasing your dreams. In this sparkling romantic comedy, a young journalist tampers with her magazine’s horoscopes to win her friend’s heart - and sets in motion an unpredictable and often hilarious ripple effect. Due APRIL THE Book of Dreams The Strawberry Thief OUR PRICE $27 99 Star Crossed 9 9 RRP $32.99 Abigail Sorensen has spent her life trying to unwrap the events of 1990. It was the year she started receiving chapters from a self-help book in the post. It was also the year her brother disappeared. Due APRIL Due APRIL Fiona Lowe RRP $32.99 When a lethal bushfire tore through Myrtle, nestled in Victoria’s Otway Ranges, the town’s buildings - and the lives of its residents - were left as smouldering ash. For three women in particular, the fire fractured their lives and their relationships. From the Australian author of Daughter of Mine and Birthright. In a Great Southern Land Due APRIL Mary-Anne O’Connor RRP $32.99 16 The Mister E L James RRP $19.99 From London through rural Cornwall to the forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless. The thrilling new romance from the author of the Fifty Shades trilogy. From Ireland to the wild Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, the farm lands of New South Wales to the sudden battlefields of Ballarat, this is an epic story of the cost of freedom and the value of love in a far-flung corner of the world where a new nation struggles to be born. Due APRIL 15 The Things We Cannot Say Kelly Rimmer RRP $29.99 Inspired by the author’s own family history, The Things We Cannot Say unearths a tragic love story and a family secret whose far-reaching effects will alter lives forever. Another captivating story from the author of Before I Let You Go. Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au The Land Girls Victoria Purman RRP $29.99 As the clouds of war darken the horizon, and their fears for loved ones fighting at the front grow, the Land Girls' hold on to their world and their new-found freedoms is fragile. Even if they make it through unscathed, they will not come through unchanged... Get social with us