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INCONVE- NIENT WOMEN
Jacqueline Kent
$ 34.99
Australia’ s crusaders for women’ s voting rights and the radical feminists of the 1970s changed lives across the country and around the globe. But what about the generation in between? Throughout the twentieth century, a group of trailblazing women writers challenged the nation’ s status quo: Mary Gilmore, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Eleanor Dark, Kylie Tennant, Dymphna Cusack, Dorothy Hewett, Ruth Park, and Kath Walker( later Oodgeroo Noonuccal). Acclaimed biographer Jacqueline Kent traces these women’ s stories, shaped by the seismic social and political events of their time, and illuminates their immense courage and principled determination to change the world.
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MY NEXT BREATH
Jeremy Renner
$ 34.99
My Next Breath is the gripping and inspiring story of acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner’ s near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time. In this debut memoir, Jeremy writes in blistering detail about his accident and the aftermath. Ultimately, Jeremy’ s memoir is a testament to the human spirit and its capacity to endure, evolve, and find purpose in the face of unimaginable adversity. His writing captures the essence of profound transformation, exploring the delicate interplay between vulnerability and strength, despair and hope, redemption and renewal.
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DESIRE PATHS
Megan Clement
$ 36.99
In 2020, as the world is closing its borders, journalist Megan Clement races to be with her father, who is dying on the other side of the world. Trapped in hotel quarantine in Melbourne. This is a story about who gets to cross borders, and what Australia’ s obsession with its own frontiers means for those on either side. It is a story of a woman trying to shrink the planet through force of will to bring herself closer to the father she loves. It is about the paths we create from our own desires, not the ones that have been laid out for us. A story about family, connection and the
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BROKEN BRAINS
Jamila Rizvi, Rosie Waterland
$ 36.99
available may 6
At the age of 31 Jamila Rizvi was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour. When she shared her diagnosis with loved ones, good friend Rosie Waterland proposed the tumour eventually be named‘ Jam’ s Jerky’ and kept on display in a jar. While this sensitive proposal was politely declined, there was a reason Jamila had turned to Rosie for support. Rosie knows what it’ s like to live with a broken brain. After a childhood of abuse and neglect, she had been dealing with significant trauma symptoms for years. Jamila and Rosie soon discovered their broken brains had more in common than they could ever have imagined. Broken Brains offers exactly what they both wished they’ d had at the height of their illnesses – comfort, solidarity and understanding. This book is essential reading for anyone who has ever been sick or loved someone who was.
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MUMMING Victoria Vanstone
$ 36.99
Victoria Vanstone thought she’ d be the kind of mum who would spend her days ironing names onto school shirts and who knew the best chocolate-chip cookie recipe off by heart. Instead, she’ s the kind of mum who shouts a lot and throws plastic cups at walls. So Victoria decides to become the mum she’ s always wanted to be. She embarks on a year of parental development to reset the dials. What follows is a year of trying, failing and trying again. But as Victoria stumbles from one misadventure to the next, she begins to realise that getting things wrong is actually where the fun begins. Come for the laughs, stay for the reassurance: Mumming is a heartwarming celebration of the messy, wonderful, imperfect reality of raising kids – and yourself.
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FRIDA KAHLO’ S LOVE LET- TERS
Suzanne Barbezat
$ 35.00
Since her death Frida Kahlo has become an iconic cultural figure, renowned for her expressive, highly personal paintings. Her art drew on her often tumultuous private life and while painting was her main form of creative expression, she was also a prolific and moving
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letter writer. Many examples are reproduced here in facsimile, together with archival images and examples of her art. Beautifully designed and illustrated, this book makes the perfect gift for anyone looking for new insights into the life and work of Frida Kahlo or who simply find her an inspiring figure.
THE GOOD DAUGHTER
Kumi Taguchi
$ 34.99
Growing up, Kumi Taguchi thought her father was merely distant: reserved, obsessively frugal and – after her parents’ divorce – almost entirely missing. When he died, Kumi’ s feelings about him and the Japanese heritage he had given her remained tangled. But just because a parent has gone doesn’ t mean they’ re absent. Over time Kumi came to understand more about what made her father as he was, including his experiences as a child in wartime Japan and, above all, the culture she both loved and felt burdened by. She decided to travel to Japan to find the family home, and perhaps lay to rest some ghosts. In this highly evocative journey of understanding, Kumi explores her divided self: the tension between duty and freedom; the people she’ s felt drawn to and lost; and how to find your place when caught between two worlds.
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FIND ME AT THE JAFFA GATE
Micaela Sahhar
$ 34.99
What does the daughter of a Nakba survivor inherit? It is not property or tangible heirlooms, nor the streets and neighbourhoods of a father’ s childhood and the deep roots of family who have lived in one place, Jerusalem, for generation upon generation. Fixing her gaze on moments, places and objects from the streets of Bethlehem to the Palestinian neighbourhoods, Micaela Sahhar assembles a story of Palestinian diaspora. Find Me at the Jaffa Gate is a book about the gaps and blank spaces that cannot be easily recounted, but which insists on the vibrant reality of chance, fragments and memory to reclaim a place called home.
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THERE MUST BE MORE
Kellie Finlayson, Alley Pascoe
$ 34.99
In 2021, Kellie
Finlayson, with a three-month-old daughter, found herself staring down the barrel of a
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terminal diagnosis: Stage 4 bowel cancer. She was 25. Incredibly, Kellie is still fighting several years on, and not only for her life. She was horrified to discover that this disease is Australia’ s second-highest cancer killer and the highest for 25- to 45-year-olds. A book about being dealt a devasting blow, being knocked down and yet getting back up again, this is Kellie’ s searingly honest, endearingly vulnerable, sometimes cheeky and always hopeful story of love and struggle from the frontlines of her fight for life. Filled with revelations for those who haven’ t been touched by the illness and compassion for those who have, this book is the life-affirming gift of hope that everybody needs.
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Lauren Zonfrillo
$ 36.99 $ 31.99
available may 6
In this deeply personal and heartfelt memoir, Lauren Zonfrillo details her journey through grief after the sudden and public loss of her husband, Jock – chef, restaurateur and, of course, beloved MasterChef Australia judge. Lauren shares her path through this devastating time, including missteps, moments of despair and eventual steps towards healing. More than just a compelling read and a look behind the headlines, this book will provide solace to others trying to find their way through loss. And from the first page to the last, Jock is there. Part memoir, part handbook for grief, with a love story at its core, Till Death Do Us Part is a powerful and unputdownable read.
society & culture THE MALE COMPLAINT
Simon Copland
$ 32.95
Inspired by leaders such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, the online Manosphere has exploded in recent years, becoming a focus point of the media, researchers and governments alike. This book uses a mixture of historical and economic analysis, alongside actual Manosphere content, to delve deeper into the corners of incel communities and online spaces where misogyny thrives. With The Male Complaint, Simon James Copland explains how the Manosphere has developed and why it appeals to so many men. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand and do something about this growing and worrying phenomenon.
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