The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
An extraordinary debut, a story of passion and sacrifice in a city battered by war ... In Berlin, who can you trust? A story of passion and sacrifice in a city battered by war ... It is 1943 and each night in a bomb shelter beneath the Berlin Zoo an Australian woman, Vera, shelters with her German husba ...Show more
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the critically acclaimed author of Rainbirds comes a novel of tragedy anddark histories set in Japan. University sophomore Miwako Sumida has hanged herself, leaving those closest to her reeling. In the months before her suicide, she was hiding away in a remote mountainside village, but what, or who ...Show more
Silence Is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
On a hill overlooking a refugee camp in Sudan, a young man strings up bedsheets that, in an act of imaginative resilience, will serve as a screen in his silent cinema. From the cinema he can see all the comings and goings in the camp, especially those of two new arrivals: a girl named Saba, and her mute ...Show more
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'I've been trying to tell everybody I know about Mary Lawson... Each of her novels is just a marvel' ANNE TYLER Clara's sister is missing. Angry, rebellious Rose, had a row with their mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Eight-year-old Clara, isolated by her distraught parents' effo ...Show more
Divines by Ellie Eaton
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A seductive and arresting debut about female identity, sexuality, class and obsession for fans of THE GIRLS and ROANOKE GIRLS, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. Can we ever really escape the scars of our past? Set during the last days of a disgraced boarding school, the novel weaves between present day Los Angeles a ...Show more
Driving Stevie Fracasso by Barry Divola
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Two estranged brothers, one stolen car and a road trip from Texas to New York. What could possibly go wrong? For fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Tropper. Jaded music journo Rick McLennan knows his life is going south when he loses his job, his apartment and his long-term girlfriend al ...Show more
Common Ground by Naomi Ishiguro
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A classic coming of age story in the tradition of TIN MAN or BLACK SWAN GREEN, from the acclaimed author of ESCAPE ROUTES 'A wonderful book, both tender and wise' Okechukwu Nzelu 'Immersive and timely... you will root for Charlie and Stan from the first page' Deepa AnapparaFrom the acclaimed author ...Show more
The Girl in White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly by Kerri Maher
27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Perfect for fans of Grace Kelly, royal-watchers, and fans of biographical fiction alike.--PopSugar A Library Reads Pick and Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice A life in snapshots... Grace knows what people see. She's the Cinderella story. An icon of glamour and elegance frozen in dazzling Tec ...Show more
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
1929. At a farm in Punjab, northern India, three girls are married to three brothers in one ceremony. For weeks afterwards, segregated from the men in the 'china room', heavily veiled, and meeting their husbands only under cover of darkest night, none of the girls is entirely sure which brother is hers. ...Show more
Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Five women attempt the impossible - to love, to be strong, and to stay true to themselves. Bookseller Paula has lost a child, and a husband. Where will she find her happiness? Fiercely independent Judith thinks more of horses than men, but that doesn't stop her looking for love online. Brida is a writer ...Show more
Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens #6) by Alison Weir
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens Ser.
A WOMAN TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND DUTY. Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. And now Katharine is free to make her own choice. The ageing King's eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him... or betray that she wanted another. She becomes the sixth wife - a queen and a friend. Henry loves and trusts he ...Show more
The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard by Shirley Hazzard
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Collected Stories includes both volumes of National Book Award-winning author Shirley Hazzard's short story collections - Cliffs of Fall and People in Glass Houses - alongside uncollected works and two previously unpublished stories.Twenty-eight works of short fiction in all, Shirley Hazzard's Collected ...Show more