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DUE 20TH NOVEMBER
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Judy Nunn RRP $ 32.99
On a barren island off the coast of Western Australia, a rickety wooden dinghy runs aground. Aboard are nine people who have no idea where they are … In Judy Nunn’ s latest compelling novel, compassion meets bigotry, hatred meets love, and ultimately despair meets hope on the windswept shores of Australia.
THE BALLAD OF BANJO CROSSING
Tess Evans RRP $ 27.99
A coal mining company has come to Banjo Crossing, intent on buying up the local properties to build an open cut mine. The people of the town rally together to fight off the threat. The Ballad of Banjo Crossing is a tender, heart-warming and utterly appealing novel about the power of community, love, loss and second chances.
THE RED COAST
Di Morrissey RRP $ 34.99
In The Red Coast, Di Morrissey returns to the red earth of the Kimberley with a passionate story of resistance and resilience under its soaring blue skies. Jacqui Bouchard finally settles in Broome but when a
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proposed mining development is unveiled, the town begins to tear itself apart. As everyone takes sides, Jacqui confronts her own dilemma: to stay or leave?
Fiona McIntosh RRP $ 32.99
From England’ s seaside town of Brighton to India’ s slums of Calcutta and the breathtaking Himalayan mountains, this
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COME RAIN OR SHINE
Tricia Stringer RRP $ 32.99
Paula knew when she moved to the country that the life would be tough but with a wedding to plan, the farm to run and neighbours to help out, life is busy but good. Then, as bushfires rage, Paula makes a discovery that shocks her and threatens all she holds dear …
THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU
J. P. Monninger RRP $ 32.99
Heather Mulgrew’ s world has long been mapped out but what she hadn’ t planned was meeting Jack on a train from Paris, or for that encounter to change her life. Jack challenges Heather to join him on a romantic journey through Europe. But as autumn draws nearer, so does their inevitable return to real life. Can they stay together?
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FUTURE HOME OF THE LIVING GOD
Louise Erdrich RRP $ 29.99
A chilling dystopian novel both provocative and prescient, Future Home of the Living God is a startlingly original work from one of our most acclaimed writers: a moving meditation on female agency, self-determination, biology, and natural rights that speaks to the troubling changes of our time.
HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
Allison Pearson RRP $ 29.99
Kate Reddy is back! This is the follow-up to I Don’ t Know How She Does It, the novel that defined modern life for women everywhere. This time she’ s juggling teenagers, aging parents and getting back into the workplace, and every page will have you laughing and thinking: It’ s not just me.
WILLOW TREE BEND
Kaye Dobbie RRP $ 29.99
An interrupted phone call and a mysterious disappearance bring a family’ s secret past crashing into the present … Willow Tree Bend by Australian author Kaye Dobbie is a fabulous blend of historical fiction and intriguing mystery.
WAR FLOWER
Mary-Anne O’ Connor RRP $ 32.99
Poppy and Rosemary are enjoying the swinging sixties until their boyfriends are sent to Vietnam. Soon this war will arrive on their doorstep in the form of orphaned refugee Thuy. As many more victims begin to appear, they must decide how far they will go for the men they adore, and ask themselves whether love really is all you need.