Collins Booksellers Spring Reading Guide 2014 August 2014 | Page 5
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THe kinG’s curse
deeper waTer
Philippa Gregory
RRP$32.99
Jessie Cole
RRP $29.99
This is the riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter
of George, Duke of Clarence, and who was one
of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet
Dynasty after the Wars of the Roses. Plantagenet,
once carried proudly by Margaret like a crown upon
her head, is now, at the end of the 15th century, the
most dangerous name in England...
Innocent and unworldly, Mema is still living at
home with her mother on a remote, lush hinterland
property. One day she saves a stranger from a
raging creek. She takes him into her family home.
His sudden presence is unsettling, but slowly
he opens the door to a new world of beckoning
possibilities that threaten to sweep Mema into the
deep.
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due 14TH auGusT
THe sleepwalker’s Guide To
dancinG
Mira Jacob
RRP $27.99
The story of a family, divided across generations and
cultures, wrestling with its future and its past. The
Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing is at once magical,
mouth-watering and heartbreaking
a man called oVe
Fredrik Backman
$29.99
Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will
ever meet. He is described by those around him
as ‘the neighbour from hell’. But behind the surly
pedant there is a story, and a sadness. And when his
neighbour accidentally flattens Ove’s letterbox, it sets
off a comical and heart-warming tale of unexpected
friendship which will change one man - and one
community - from their very foundations.
moTHers and dauGHTers
clausTropHoBia
Kylie Ladd
RRP $29.99
Tracy Ryan
RRP $29.95
Kylie Ladd’s new novel is a clear-eyed, insightful
and wildly entertaining look into the complicated,
emotional world of mothers and their teenage
daughters by the acclaimed author of Into My Arms,
Last Summer and After the Fall.
Claustrophobia is the taut, compelling story of a
young Perth wife who sets about to protect her
husband by stalking his ex-lover, but unexpectedly
falls into a passionate affair and a world of lies.
The realities of obsessive attachment and social
isolation are explored through a deft and thoughtprovoking look at a complex personality and a plot
that twists its page-turning way into our psyche.
THe miniaTurisT
courTinG TrouBle
Jessie Burton
RRP $29.99
Kathy Lette
RRP $32.99
Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding
suspense, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story
about love and obsession, betrayal and retribution,
appearance and truth.
Tilly and her mother set up an all female law firm
and soon they are rescuing women who have been
cheated, ripped off or ruined by the men in their
lives. But when Tilly’s 13-year old daughter goes
missing, she faces the biggest moral dilemma of
her life. Should she betray her beliefs and take the
law into her own hands?
due 1sT sepTemBer
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