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Fiction Feature Shell TITLES Kristina Olsson RRP $35 .00 A.S. Patric RRP $29 .99 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- In this big, bold and hauntingly beautiful portrait of art and life, Shell captures a world on the brink of seismic change though the eyes of two unforgettable characters caught in the eye of the storm. Death, loneliness, passion and belief: Patric takes on the big questions in life and writes about the small people of the world with deep humanity. This collection reveals the author as a true master of the short story form. Every Breath Nicholas Sparks RRP $32 .99 Our Price $27 .99 --------------------------------------------- When two strangers’ paths cross, their chance encounter sets in motion a heart-breaking story. From the author of The Notebook and Two by Two comes an unforgettable tale of enduring love. The Next Person You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom RRP $32 .99 Joanna Nell RRP $29 .99 --------------------------------------------- A chance encounter with a school friend she hasn’t seen for decades sets 79-year-old Peggy on a journey of self-discovery. Joanna Nell’s debut novel is a moving, funny, heart-warming story of love and community. Two Old Men Dying Tom Keneally RRP $32 .99 A Well- Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler RRP $32 .99 --------------------------------------------- Alva Smith married into the Vanderbilt family. She defied convention, asserting power and becoming a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. This is an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Arcadia Di Morrissey RRP $34 .99 Our Price $29 .99 --------------------------------------------- In perhaps his boldest novel, Tom Keneally explores the journeys of modern Australians alongside the imagined story of ancient Learned Man whose remains were discovered in Western NSW some decades ago. In the 1930s, in Tasmania, Stella is saved from a predator by an unusual protector... Years later her granddaughter and her friend stumble over Stella’s secret life in the forest and find themselves threatened in turn... The Fallen Architect The Children’s House Ladies in Black FTI Charles Belfoure RRP $27 .99 Alice Nelson RRP $32 .99 Madeleine St John RRP $22 .99 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Douglas Layton, disgraced after a music hall he designed collapsed, is attempting to rebuild a life for himself. But his past is never far behind... and something ever more dangerous is brewing in the walls of the music hall. Reminiscent of Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn, this is a breakthrough novel from a humane and perceptive writer exploring the traumas that divide families and the love and hope that creates them. Ladies in Black is a fairy-tale which illuminates the extraordinariness of ordinary lives. The women in black are run off their feet with the Christmas rush. But it’s Sydney in the 1950s, and there’s still enough time left on a hot day to dream and scheme. --------------------------------------------- In Mitch Albom’s novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven we met Eddie, who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie’s story. Shop online at The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village --------------------------------------------- Our Price $27 .99 6 The Butcherbird ' Stories .com.au Get social with us