Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2019 Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2019 | Page 7

The Red Hand Bruny When a bomb goes off in remote Tasmania, Astrid Coleman agrees to return home to help her brother before an upcoming election. But this is no simple task. The community is full of conspiracy theories and her father is quoting Shakespeare…Only on Bruny does the world seem sane. When Temple died there was an unfinished Jack Irish novel in his drawer. It is included in The Red Hand as well as his short fiction, his reflections on the Australian idiom and a selection of his brilliant book reviews. Damascus In Damascus, Tsiolkas has written a masterpiece of imagination and transformation: a historical novel of immense power and an unflinching dissection of doubt and faith, tyranny and revolution, and cruelty and sacrifice. Favel Parrett's deep emotional insight and literary talent shine through in this love letter to the strong women who bind families together, despite dislocation and distance. Because there is still love. No matter what. Catherine de Saint Phalle RRP $29.99 5 Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout RRP $29.99 Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes in her own existence and in those around her. 5 Elliot Perlman RRP $32.99 The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern OUR PRICE $27 When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. You are invited to join Zachary on the starless sea. The magical new novel from the author of The Night Circus. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper… she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds, avert catastrophes, and bring people happiness. But she was wrong.' An epic tale of the Red century. The Sea & Us Maybe the Horse Will Talk 99 The Eighth Life Due NOV Charlotte Wood RRP $29.99 Due NOV Crossing the frontiers of war, protest and reconciliation, Act of Grace is a meditation on inheritance - the damage that one generation passes on to the next, and the potential for transformation. Nino Haratischvili RRP $35.00 Favel Parrett RRP $29.99 The Weekend The Weekend explores growing old and growing up, and what happens when we're forced to uncover the lies we tell ourselves. Sharply observed and funny, this is a jewel of a book: a celebration of tenderness and friendship. Anna Krien RRP $32.99 ThERE Was Still Love Christos Tsiolkas RRP $32.99 RRP $32.99 Act of Grace Peter Temple RRP $32.99 Heather Rose RRP $32.99 Warm, dramatic and at times funny, with the narrative pull of a thriller, Maybe the Horse Will Talk is a love story, a reflection on contemporary marriage, and on friendship. It is also an unflinching examination of sexual harassment in the workplace By turns electric, tender, and hopeful, The Sea & Us is a gem of literary imagination. Catherine de Saint Phalle brilliantly captures disparate characters and their common human desire for community and connection. The Dutch House Ann Patchett RRP $29.99 Told with a blend of wit and heartbreak, The Dutch House is a story of family, betrayal, love, responsibility and sacrifice; of the powerful bonds of place and time that magnetise and repel us for our whole lives, and the lives of those who survive us. *Approx. value $9000 Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Get social with us WIN! every adult book in thIS catalogue* Pick up an entry form from your local store