Australian Fiction
The Good People
Hannah Kent
The Museum of Modern Love
Heather Rose
The Best of Adam Sharp
Graeme Simsion
PB $32.99
Nóra lost her daughter and her
husband, and is now burdened with
the care of her four-year-old grandson,
Micheál. The boy cannot walk, or
speak, and Nóra has kept the child
hidden from those who might see
in him evidence of otherworldly
interference. Hedged in by rumour,
Nóra seeks out the only person who
might be able to help Micheál. It is said
that old Nance Roche consorts with
the Good People. And that she can
return those whom they have taken...
PB $27.99
Based around Abramovic's threemonth long performance piece at
MoMA, The Artist is Present, this book
follows various people who visited or
were involved in the piece. A
mesmerising literary novel about a
lost man in search of connection and
a woman coming to terms with
grief—a meditation on love, art and
commitment set against the
backdrop of one of the greatest art
events in modern history.
PB $29.99
Adam Sharp has a loyal partner, earns
a good income and is the music-trivia
expert at quiz nights. It’s the lifestyle
he wanted, but something’s missing.
Two decades ago, on the other side of
the world, his part-time piano playing
led him into a passionate relationship
with Angelina Brown. And now he
can’t shake off his nostalgia for what
might have been. When Angelina gets
in touch out of the blue, Adam must
ask himself how far he will go for a
second chance.
The Birdman's Wife
Melissa Ashley
Family Skeleton
Carmel Bird
The Love of a Bad Man
Laura Elizabeth Woollett
HB $32.99
Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life
capturing the sublime beauty of birds
the world had never seen before. But
her legacy was eclipsed by the fame
of her husband, John Gould. The
Birdman’s Wife at last gives voice to a
passionate and adventurous spirit
who was so much more than the
woman behind the man. In this
indelible portrait, an extraordinary
woman overshadowed by history
steps back into the light where she
belongs.
PB $29.99
From inside her Toorak mansion,
Margaret, matriarch, widow of
Edmund Rice O’Day of O’Day Funerals,
secretly surveys her family in the
garden. Everyone is oblivious to the
secrets that threaten to be uncovered
by a visiting relative who is
determined to excavate the O’Day’s
family history. Family Skeleton
examines a family that has for
generations been engaged in dark
business. You can’t dig a grave
without disturbing the surface.
PB $27.99
A schoolgirl catches the eye of the
future leader of Nazi Germany. A
playwright writes to a convicted serial
killer. Childhood sweethearts reunite
to commit rape and murder. The
stories in The Love of a Bad Man
imagine the lives of real women, all of
whom were connected to various
‘bad’ men in history. Beautifully
observed, the stories interrogate
power, the nature of obsession, and
the lengths some women will go to
for the men they love.