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FICTION
DUE 1ST MAY
DUE 30TH APRIL
BOHEMIA BEACH LOVE AND RUIN
Justine Ettler
RRP $29.99 Paula McLain
RRP $29.99
Catherine Bell, a famous concert pianist, is struggling to
hold on to her career. Cathy’s relationship with drink, and
Tomas, draws her deep into a whirlpool of mysterious
events. B ohemia Beach is an edge of your seat ride, a
compelling story of addiction, passionate love and the
power of art. In 1937 Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on
the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War. She also finds
herself unexpectedly falling in love with Ernest Hemingway,
a man already on his way to being a legend. Love and
Ruin is based on her story. It is a tale of one of the
greatest war correspondents of the 20th century.
THE MAKING OF MARTIN SPARROW CIRCE
Peter Cochrane
RRP $32.99 Madeline Miller
RRP $29.99
Ex-convict Martin Sparrow is already a lazy, lovelorn and
deep-in-debt failure when his farm is wrecked by the great
flood of March 1806. In the aftermath he is faced with a
choice. He can set about his agricultural recovery, or he can
heed the whispers of an earthly paradise on the far side of
the mountains. In Circe, Madeline Miller breathes life once more into
the ancient world, with the story of an outcast who
overcomes scorn and banishment to transform herself
into a formidable witch. This is a magical, intoxicating
epic of family rivalry, power struggles, love and loss and a
celebration of female strength in a man‘s world.
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ THE PARIS SEAMSTRESS
Heather Morris
RRP $29.99 Natasha Lester
RRP $29.99
This story, full of beauty and hope, is based on years
of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with
Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig
(Lale) Sokolov. It is heart-wrenching, illuminating, and
unforgettable.
SIX TUDOR QUEENS: JANE SEYMOUR, THE
HAUNTED QUEEN
Alison Weir
RRP $29.99
DUE 8TH MAY
Acclaimed historian Alison Weir draws on new research for
her captivating novel, which paints a portrait of Jane and
casts fresh light on both traditional and modern perceptions
of her. Jane was driven by the strength of her faith and a
belief that she might do some good in a wicked world.
RELATIVELY FAMOUS
Roger Averill
RRP $29.99
In Roger Averill’s Relatively Famous, Gilbert Madigan
is Australia’s first Booker Prize winner. Michael, his
son, cannot escape his father’s life and work. In a
world obsessed with fame and celebrity, this novel
explores notions of success, masculinity, betrayal and loss,
and ultimately what it might mean to live a good life.
DUE 24TH APRIL
DUE 1ST MAY
Crossing generations, society’s boundaries and
international turmoil, The Paris Seamstress is the
beguiling, transporting story of the special relationship
between a grandmother and her granddaughter as they
attempt to heal the heartache of the past.
TANGERINE
Christine Mangan
RRP $32.99
The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving
in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. Alice has
not adjusted to life in Morocco but Lucy helps her to explore
the country. But then Alice’s husband
Our Price
goes missing, and Alice starts to question
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everything around her…Tangerine is a
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gripping psychological thriller.
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LITTLE GODS
Jenny Ackland
RRP $29.99
Little Gods is a rare, original and stunning novel about
a remarkable girl who learns the hard way that the truth
doesn’t always set you free. Resonating with echoes
of Australian classics like Seven Little Australians,
Cloudstreet, and Jasper Jones, this story is told with
similar idiosyncrasy, insight and style.
LOVESOME ONE
Sally Seltmann
RRP $29.99 Andrew Hutchinson
RRP $32.99
It’s 1995 and Joni Johnson is fresh out of art school.
Working at Harland, a French restaurant, makes her happy.
By day, Joni sets up her easel in her backyard bungalow,
turns on her music, and paints. But when Joni’s best friend,
Annabelle, arrives on the doorstep one night ecstatic in
love, everything changes…
One probes the extremes we go to for love and the scars
we leave on each other. The novel asks, who do you
become when you’re driven to obsession? Fast-paced,
immediate and perceptive, One is the highly original
second novel from a young Australian writer establishing
himself as a major talent.