Title: Ready to Fall Author: Marcella Pixley Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Pushkin Press/Allen and Unwin/Murdoch Books Published: March 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A YA novel about a teen who finds hope and a fresh start after a terrible loss, and learns that being strong means letting go When Max Friedman's… Continue reading Ready to Fall by Marcella Pixley
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Lovesome by Sally Seltmann
Title: Lovesome Author: Sally Seltmann Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th April 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: An offbeat and beguiling story of finding your own happiness. My warm breath makes a beautiful fog in front of me. It's times like this when I feel most alive. I feel… Continue reading Lovesome by Sally Seltmann
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Title: Tin Man Author: Sarah Winman Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Tinder Press Published: 1st March 2018 (25th July 2017 earlier edition) Format: Paperback Pages: 197 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The unforgettable and achingly tender new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A… Continue reading Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Title: Moonrise Author: Sarah Crossan Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 1st September 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The astonishing new novel from Carnegie Medal, CliPPA Poetry Award, YA Book Prize and CBI Book of the Year Award winning author Sarah Crossan. They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Cos… Continue reading Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Leaving Ocean Road by Esther Campion
Title: Leaving Ocean Road Author: Esther Campion Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 25th July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 356 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: From the coast of Australia to Santorini and Ireland, a slice of warm, character-driven fiction in the tradition of Maeve Binchy and Monica McInerney God damn it, Gerry Clancy, couldn't you have… Continue reading Leaving Ocean Road by Esther Campion
My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
Title: My Lovely Frankie Author: Judith Clarke Genre: YA Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 28th June 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A masterful, moving story about a teenage boy caught between faith and love, by one of Australia's finest YA writers. 'Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was… Continue reading My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Title: Letters to the Lost Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 6th April 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave. It's the only way Juliet can cope. Declan Murphy isn't… Continue reading Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Stay with Me by Ayòbámi Adébàyò
Title: Stay With Me Author: Ayòbámi Adébàyò Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin/Canongate Published: 29th March, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $27.99 Synopsis: This Nigerian debut is the heart-breaking tale of what wanting a child can do to a person, a marriage and a family; a powerful and vivid story of what it… Continue reading Stay with Me by Ayòbámi Adébàyò
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Title: This Is How It Always Is Author: Laurie Frankel Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 31 January 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 332 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: All happy families are alike. But happy can be complicated... Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS - is a warm, touching and bittersweet novel about a family… Continue reading This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Love, Lies and Linguine
Title: Love, Lies and Linguine Author: Hilary Spiers Genre: Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: February 2017/25 January 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: When two widowed sisters embark on a holiday to Italy, they have no idea that the trip will upend their comfortable lives forever. From the author of Hester and… Continue reading Love, Lies and Linguine
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