Digital Spring-Reading-Guide-2020-FA-WEB Spring Reading Guide 2020 | Página 4

BIOGRAPHY
& True stories
When the Ship
Hits the Fan
Rob Anderson
RRP $29.99
Visceral, charming
and definitely not
for the faint of heart,
When the Ship Hits
the Fan is a treasure
trove of hilarious
incidents, accidents
and seafaring
shenanigans from working on every type of
ship in every ocean of the world.
Due
sept
2
My TiDda, My
Sister
Marlee Silva,
Rachael Sarra
RRP $29.99
Tidda means sister.
And tiddas are stronger together… Featuring
colourful artwork by artist Rachael Sarra, this
book is a celebration of the Indigenous female
experience through story-telling.
The
Powerbroker
Michael
Gawenda
RRP $39.95
The Powerbroker is
a portrait of Jewish
life in Australia, of the
interaction between
private wealth and
politics, and of a man
whose energy and formidable work habits
have made him a highly effective player in
Australian affairs.
Due
sept
1
Hysteria
Katerina Bryant
RRP $29.99
Bryant blends memoir
with literary and
historical analysis to
explore women’s medical treatment. By telling
stories of women who had no voice in their
own diagnosis and treatment, she finds her
own voice: powerful, brave and resonant.
Either
write
something
worth
reading
or do
something
worth
writing.
― Benjamin Franklin
Daddy Cool
Darleen Bungey
RRP $32.99
Daddy Cool is
a captivating,
generous and
exquisitely written
memoir of family
and a daughter
discovering her
father’s multilayered
life.
Fatherhood
William McInnes
RRP $22.99
Fatherhood is full
of memories: the
happy, the hilarious,
the sad, bad, and the
unexpectedly poignant
moments. You will
laugh, you may even cry
- but you will recognise
yourself and those you love somewhere in
these pages.
The Details
Tegan Bennett
Daylight
RRP $26.99
Tegan Bennett Daylight
has led a life in books -
as a writer, a teacher
and a critic, but
primarily as a reader.
In this deeply insightful
work, Daylight describes
how her reading has nourished her life, and how
life has informed her reading.
A Question of
Colour
Pattie Lees,
Adam C. Lees
RRP $22.99
A Question of Colour
provides a firsthand
account of
Pattie’s experiences
during Australia’s
assimilationist policy era. It is a deeply
moving and powerful testimony to the
resilience of a young girl, her identity and her
journey to belong.
Phosphorescence
Julia Baird
RRP $32.99
In the grit of a daily
existence how do we
find, nurture and carry
our own inner, living
light - a light to ward
off the darkness?
Absorbing, beautiful,
inspiring and deeply moving, Julia Baird has
written exactly the book we need for these times.
A Bigger
Picture
Malcolm Turnbull
RRP $55.00
OUR PRICE $50 00
With revelatory
insights on the
workings of Canberra
and the contentious
events of Turnbull’s
life, A Bigger
Picture explores
the strengths and vulnerabilities of one of
Australia’s best-known and most dynamic
business and political leaders.
Due
sept
1
No Matter Our
Wreckage
Gemma Carey
RRP $29.99
No Matter Our
Wreckage is a
powerful, poetic and
unflinching memoir about what it means not
to matter, and how an extraordinary woman
refused to listen to the stories she was being
told about herself.
Give a gift card
Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au