Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2018 Autumn 2018 | Page 9

follow us FICTION DUE 1ST MAY NAGALAND WOMEN IN SUNLIGHT Ben Doherty RRP $29.95 Frances Mayes RRP $32.99 Nagaland is poignant and profound, leaving it’s reader with a nostalgia for a past where truths prevailed, to be gleaned from ancient fable; where a people lived in communities endowed with cultural and spiritual certainties, and were valued members of family and tribal networks. Except, of course, if you choose not to follow the rules… By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, and written with Frances Mayes’s trademark warmth, heart, and delicious descriptions of place, food, and friendship, Women in Sunlight is the Our Price story of four lives that change over $ the course of one exceptional year 99 in Italy. 27 THE LUCKY GALAH YOU ME EVERYTHING Tracy Sorensen RRP $29.99 Catherine Isaac RRP $29.99 It’s 1969 and a coastal town in Western Australia is poised to play a pivotal part in the moon landing. Perched on its dunes is the Dish to relay messages between Apollo 11 and Houston. The Lucky Galah is a novel about fate, Australia and what it means to be human. It just happens to be narrated by a galah called Lucky. BIRTHRIGHT Fiona Lowe RRP $29.99 Australian author Fiona Lowe returns with a juicy family saga, set against the backdrop of Victoria's high country, about unforgettable characters tangled together by a wealthy inheritance, secrets and betrayal. EVERY NOTE PLAYED Lisa Genova RRP $32.99 Richard, once concert pianist now has ALS, and his right arm is paralyzed. His wife Karina becomes his caretaker. Every Note Ever Played is Our Price an exploration of redemption and $ what it means to find peace inside of 99 forgiveness. 27 MRS. Caitlin Macy RRP $29.99 Philippa Lye is the envy of all the mothers at the school gate. Despite a shadowy past, Philippa has somehow married the scion of the last family-held investment bank in the city. Then, into her life, comes two women: Gwen Hogan, who uncovers a devastating secret about Philippa’ s past, and Minnie Curtis, a newcomer whose probing into the women’s private lives unsettles everyone… d book is a magic “A well-compose are wafted to a carpet on which we not enter in any world that we can other way.” Caroline Gordon DUE 1ST MAY You and me have kept secrets from each other for far too long. This summer, in the hills of the Dordogne, it is time for everything to change. You Me Everything is a heartfelt and unforgettable story about the lengths we are prepared to go to for those we love. Guaranteed to make you laugh and cry, this is a novel you will never forget. ROSIE COLOURED GLASSES Brianna Wolfson RRP $29.99 Rosie Coloured Glasses is a novel about the important things in life, about a young person’s struggle to make sense of a world of extremes - extreme loneliness and extreme love - and about how the human heart may break, yet still have the capacity to heal, and the resiliency to love again. FANTASY SCALES OF EMPIRE Kylie Chan RRP $29.99 In this first book in a brand new series, Kylie Chan brings together pacey, compelling storytelling and an all-too-possible imagined future, in a tale packed with action, adventure, drama and suspense. KING OF ASHES Raymond E. Feist RRP $39.99 The world of Garn once boasted five great kingdoms, until the King of Ithrace was defeated and his family executed. Now four great kingdoms remain. But rumour has it that the son of the last king of Ithrace survived. Terrified that the child will grow to maturity with revenge Our Price in his heart, the four kings have $ placed a bounty on the child’s 99 head…. 34