Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2020 Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2020 | Page 9

feature TITLES From Victoria Purman, author of The Land Girls, comes a beautifully realised novel that speaks to the true history and real experiences of post-war Australian women. In the fourth title in the Miss Lily series, Jackie French explores one of the most controversial events in history that saw the unthinkable happen when a king chose love over duty. In a climate of poverty and violence, Mary, midwife and herbalist, is caught in a crossfire of suspicion and fear. It is up to her to navigate a passage to safety for herself and her daughter, and the vulnerable women in her care.  THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS Jennifer Rosner RRP $29.99 Poland 1941. A mother. A child. An impossible choice… The Yellow Bird Sings is a gripping and moving novel about the unbreakable bond between parent and child and the triumph of humanity and hope in even the darkest circumstances. THE RIVER HOME Jackie French RRP $29.99 Lauren Chater RRP $32.99 Spanning two centuries, Nicole Alexander’s compelling new novel is a story of love and faith, destiny and betrayal, in a land as richly diverse as the secrets it keeps. Beautiful and mysterious, The Things She Owned explores the complexity of lives lived between cultures, the weight of cross-generational trauma, and a mother and daughter on a tortuous path to forgiveness. LILIES, LIES AND LOVE GULLIVER’S WIFE Nicole Alexander RRP $32.99 Katherine Tamiko Arguile RRP $29.99 Victoria Purman RRP $32.99 ‘What a mess, she thought now . . . what a bloody, unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.’ In Mum & Dad, Joanna Trollope explores the issues at the heart of a modern family with her trademark wit and warmth. THE CEDAR TREE THE THINGS SHE OWNED THE WOMEN’S PAGES Joanna Trollope RRP $32.99 28 2 MUM & DAD OUR PRICE $27 99 DUE APRIL DUE SEPT Hannah Richell RRP $29.99 The river can take you home. But the river can also drag you under… The River Home is a new novel from author Hannah Richell. A wise and emotionally powerful story of a broken family and the courage it takes to heal. DUE APRIL DUE SEPT 14 2 HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD THE CAKE MAKER’S WISH Josephine Moon RRP $32.99 C Pam Zhang RRP $32.99 How Much of These Hills is Gold is a sweeping adventure tale, an unforgettable sibling story and a remarkable novel about a family, bound and divided by its memories. THE PARIS SECRET Natasha Lester RRP $32.99 A wardrobe of Dior gowns, a secret kept for sixty-five years, and the three women bound forever by war... The Paris Secret is an unforgettable story about the lengths people go to protect one another, and a love that, despite everything, lasts a lifetime.  Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Cake maker Olivia has all but given up on romance, until life dishes up some delicious new options. The Cake Maker’s Wish is an uplifting story about the moments that change your life forever, human kindness and being true to yourself. POETRY DUE SEPT 29 SWIMMING LESSONS Lili Reinhart RRP $24.99 Accompanied by striking and evocative illustrations, the poems in Swimming Lessons reveal the depths of female experience, and are the work of a storyteller who is coming into her own. Get social with us