Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2019 Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2019 | Page 5

Anthologies Booker prize SHORTLIST 2019 The Memory Pool The Testaments Therese Spruhan (ed) RRP $29.99 This delightful, nostalgic anthology brings together reflections and recollections about the swimming pools of childhood from a range of Australians of diverse ages and backgrounds, well-known and not-so-famous. Due NOV Girl, Woman, Other Margaret Atwood Bernardine Evaristo RRP $35.00 RRP $42.99 OUR PRICE $37 99 When the van door slammed on Offred’s future at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead. In this electrifying sequel Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades – What happened to Offred? Teeming with life and crackling with energy, told through many distinctive voices, this novel follows the lives of twelve very different characters. Girl, Woman, Other is a new kind of history, a novel of our times. Ducks, NewburYport An Orchestra of Minorities 12 Chigozie Obioma RRP $22.99 We are Here Meg Mundell (ed) RRP $35.00 We are Here is a vibrant and moving collection of true stories showcasing the creative talents of people who have known homelessness. All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to charities that work with people experiencing homelessness.  Is it love or madness that makes Chinonso think he can change his destiny? Set across Nigeria and Cyprus, An Orchestra of Minorities weaves a heart- wrenching tale about fate versus free will. 12 Maxine Beneba Clarke RRP $34.99 The Saturday Portraits is a collection of stunning biographical portraits from Maxine Beneba Clarke, prize-winning author of The Hate Race and Foreign Soil. In Lucy Ellmann’s scorching indictment of American barbarity comes a plea for kindness. Ducks, Newburgport is an original novel in which one woman navigates the tension and the disquiet of contemporary America. 10 minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Due NOV The Saturday Portraits Lucy Ellmann RRP $34.99 Elif Shafak RRP $32.99 Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory...each memory reminds Leila of five friends: friends who are now desperately trying to find her. Quichotte Salman Rushdie RRP $32.99 In a tour-de-force that is both homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for love and family, author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age. Stella Prize WINNER 2019 Miles Franklin WINNER 2019 Too Much Lip The Erratics Kerry Salter has spent a lifetime avoiding two things - her hometown and prison. But now her Pop is dying so she heads south on a stolen Harley. Gritty and darkly hilarious, Too Much Lip offers redemption and forgiveness where none seems possible. The Erratics is a ferocious, sharp, darkly funny and wholly compelling memoir of families, the pain they can inflict and the legacy they leave. It has the tightly coiled, compressed energy of an explosive device - it will take your breath away. Melissa Lucashenko RRP $29.95 Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Vicki Laveau-Harvie RRP $22.99 Get social with us