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The Good Wife of Bath Karen Brooks
RRP $ 32.99
This funny , picaresque , clever retelling of Chaucer ’ s ‘ Wife of Bath ’ from The Canterbury Tales is a cutting assessment of what happens when male power is left to run unchecked , as well as a recasting of a literary classic .
The Bride of Almond Tree
Robert Hillman RRP $ 32.99
This is the story of Wes and Beth ’ s journey through the catastrophic mid-twentieth century – from summer in Almond Tree to Moscow ’ s bitter winter and back again – to find a way of being together .
Due sept
14
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The Performance
Claire Thomas RRP $ 32.99
As bushfires rage outside the city , three women watch a performance of a Beckett play . As the performance unfolds , so does each woman ’ s story . By the time the curtain falls , they all have a new understanding of the world beyond the stage .
Tenderness
Alison MacLeod RRP $ 32.99
Tenderness is the spellbinding story of Lady Chatterley ’ s Lover , and the society that put it on trial ; the story of a novel and its ripple effects across half a century , and about the transformative and triumphant power of fiction itself . feature TITLES
The Duchess
Wendy Holden RRP $ 29.99
How did a woman from nowhere capture the heart of the world ’ s most glamorous bachelor ? The Duchess , the second novel in Wendy Holden ’ s trilogy about royal outsiders , fictionalises the unknown London life of Wallis Simpson .
The Riviera House
Natasha Lester
RRP $ 32.99
OUR PRICE $ 27 99
Lush , engrossing and deeply moving , The Riviera House is the story of the brave women who worked against the Nazis , told by the author of The Paris Secret and The French Photographer . favourites
Animal
Lisa Taddeo RRP $ 32.99
Return to Berlin
Ellen Feldman
RRP $ 32.99
OUR PRICE $ 27 99
Due sept
1
In this haunting novel , Lisa Taddeo has produced one of the most compelling anti-heroines in fiction . Seductive and relentless , Animal holds the reader captive until the very last page . An exciting new novel from the author of Three Women .
Due sept
1
In the rubble of post-war Berlin , Meike must come to terms with a devastating secret and find the courage to embrace love – and a new beginning . A passionate story of survival from the author of Paris Never Leaves You .
Once there Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy RRP $ 32.99
Once There Were Wolves is the unforgettable tale of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves . Part thriller , part redemptive love story , Charlotte McConaghy ' s profoundly affecting novel will stay with you forever .
Due sept
14
The New Kingdom
Wilbur Smith , Mark Chadbourn
RRP $ 39.99
OUR PRICE $ 34 99
Hui finds himself a captive of a powerful army of outlaws , the Hyksos . Determined to avenge his father ’ s death and rescue his sister , he swears his allegiance to these enemies of Egypt … The first book in a brilliant new series
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino RRP $ 19.99
Quentin Tarantino ’ s long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious , delicious , and brutal - is the always surprising , sometimes shocking , new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film .
Hell of a Book Jason Mott RRP $ 32.99
Jason Mott ’ s novel is a fantastic work of fiction - resoundingly powerful , endlessly quotable and funny as hell - with its sights set on getting to the heart of racism in America . In short , this is one hell of a book .
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