Collins Booksellers Spring Reading Guide 2016 Spring 2016 | Page 5

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FICTION

THE BEST OF ADAM SHARP
Graeme Simsion
RRP $29.99

BLUE DOG
Louis de Bernieres
RRP $29.99
In this charming prequel to the much-loved Red
Dog, Louis de Bernieres tells the moving story of a
young boy, his Grandpa, and the charismatic and
entertaining dog who so many readers hold close
to their hearts.

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DUE 19TH SEPTEMBER

Adam Sharp has a loyal partner and earns a good
income. It’s the lifestyle he wanted, but something’s
missing. Years ago he had a passionate relationship
with Angelina Brown but he didn’t continue it. Now
he wonders what might have been. Then, out of
nowhere, Angelina gets in touch. What does she
want? Does Adam dare to live dangerously? How
far will he go for a second chance?

SKYLARKING
NUTSHELL

Kate Mildenhall
RRP $24.99

Ian McEwan
RRP $32.99

Kate and Harriet are best friends living on an
isolated Australian cape in the 1880s. The two girls
share everything, until a fisherman, McPhail, arrives
in their small community. When Kate witnesses the
desire that flares between him and Harriet, she is
torn by her feelings of envy and longing. Ultimately,
a moment of skylarking in McPhail’s hut will change
the course of their lives forever.

Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She’s still
in the marital home but not with John. Instead,
she’s with his brother, Claude, and the two of them
have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the
nine-month-old resident of Trudy’s womb. Told from
a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic
tale of murder and deceit.
DUE 29TH AUGUST

THE EASY WAY OUT
BARRACUDA

Steven Amsterdam
RRP $29.99

Christos Tsiolkos
RRP $22.99
Tender, brutal and blazingly brilliant, this novel
from the acclaimed author of The Slap takes an
unflinching look at modern Australia - and asks
what it means to be a good person, and what it
takes to become one. This new edition ties in with
the television series shown on ABC TV.

DUE 30TH AUGUST

If you could help someone in pain, would you? Evan
is a nurse, a suicide assistant. His job is legal...just.
He is the one at the hospital who hands out the last
drink to those who ask for it. In this powerful novel,
award-winning author Steven Amsterdam challenges
readers to face the most taboo and heartbreaking
of dilemmas. Would you help someone end their
life?

COMMONWEALTH

VINEGAR GIRL

Ann Patchett
RRP $29.99

Anne Tyler
RRP $29.99

Told with equal measures of humour and
heartbreak, Commonwealth is a powerful and
tender tale of family, betrayal and the far-reaching
bonds of love and responsibility. A meditation on
inspiration, interpretation and the ownership of
stories, it is Ann Patchett’s most astonishing work
to date.

Anne Tyler’s retelling of The Taming of the Shrew asks
whether a thoroughly modern, independent woman
like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man. The
answer is as individual, off-beat and funny as Kate
herself.

DUE 1ST SEPTEMBER

THE GIRLS
Emma Cline
RRP $32.99
In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out for
Evie under the California sun. Until she sees them.
The girls and Russell. Rumours of sex, frenzied
gatherings, teen runaways. Was there a warning,
a sign of things to come? Or is Evie already too
enthralled by the girls to see that her life is about
to be changed forever?

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Colson Whitehead
RRP $32.99
The Underground Railroad is a magnificent tour
de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures
as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in
the antebellum South. This novel is a tale of one
woman’s ferocious will to escape
the horrors of bondage as well as a
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shattering, powerful meditation on
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the history we share.

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