Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2020 Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2020 | Page 7

BELOW DECK MELTING MOMENTS Sophie Hardcastle RRP $29.99 Below Deck is the highly anticipated debut novel from author Sophie Hardcastle. A heartbreakingly poetic and haunting story about the vagaries of consent, about who has the space to speak and who is believed. A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS Polly Samson RRP $29.99 Burning with the heat and light of Greece, A Theatre for Dreamers is a spellbinding novel about utopian dreams and innocence lost and the wars waged between men and women on the battlegrounds of genius. The Mirror & the Light is the long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies and the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy. Racing from the beaches of Goa to the streets of Delhi to the jungles of Tamil Nadu, Sweetness and Light is an intoxicating, unsettling story of the battle between light and dark, love and lust, morality and corruption. DUE APRIL 15 REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD Anne Tyler RRP $29.99 A THOUSAND MOONS Tom Keneally RRP $32.99 15 RRP $45.00 OUR PRICE $40 00 Liam Pieper RRP $32.99 THE DICKENS BOY DUE APRIL Hilary Mantel SWEETNESS AND LIGHT Leah Swann RRP $32.99 In the late 1800s, rather than run the risk of his under-achieving sons tarnishing his reputation at home, Charles Dickens sent two of them to Australia. In The Dickens Boy Tom Keneally reimagines the story of Plorn, to one of these boys. THE MIRROR & THE LIGHT In her captivating fiction debut, Anna Goldsworthy evokes a woman’s life in a pre-feminist world. In this tender, funny book, she combines an Austenesque wit with Alice Munro’s feeling for human complexity. SHEERWATER Ava and her two young sons are driving to their new home in Sheerwater, hopeful of making a fresh start in a new town, although Ava can't help but keep looking over her shoulder. They're almost at their destination when they witness a shocking accident. Sheerwater is tense, emotional, unforgettable. feature TITLES Anna Goldsworthy RRP $29.99 Redhead by the Side of the Road is an intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who sometimes finds those around him just out of reach - and a love story about the differences that make us all unique. Sebastian Barry RRP $32.99 Told in Sebastian Barry's lyrical prose, A Thousand Moons is a powerful, moving study of one woman’s journey, of her determination to write her own future, and of the enduring human capacity for love. ELEPHANTS WITH HEADLIGHTS Bem Le Hunte RRP $29.99 A WORD AFTER A WORD AFTER A WORD IS POWER ’. A warm and engaging novel touched with love, wisdom and soulfulness, Elephants with Headlights is a breathtaking story for the threshold era we all navigate. ― Margaret Atwood, Spelling  DESIRE LINES HERE WE ARE Felicity Volk RRP $32.99 Set against the uneasy relationship society has with its own truth-telling in history, war and politics, Desire Lines is an epic story of love and the lies we tell ourselves to survive - and a moving reminder that even truths which seem lost forever can find their way home. Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Graham Swift RRP $29.99 As the summer progresses, the off- stage drama between three performers at the Brighton theatre begins to overshadow their theatrical success, and events unfold which will have lasting consequences for their future. Get social with us