The Frangipani Gardens by Barbara Hanrahan
19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Modern Classics
Nothing is as it seems in this twisted fairytale of moral ambiguity and corrupted innocence. Just as the tropical beauty of The Frangipani Gardens conceals its inherent menace, watercolour painter Doll lives a prim, respectable existence belying her wildest fantasies. But when her young niece and nephew ...Show more
Heart of the Sky: a rural medical romance from the bestselling author of The Opal Miner's Daughter, The Desert Midwife and The Homestead Girls by Fiona McArthur
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
An uplifting medical romance from internationally bestselling author Fiona McArthur. In a mining town halfway between Adelaide and Sydney, the Mica Ridge Flying Doctor base sees a gentle turnover of medical, nursing and flight crew, so when two new doctors come to town, eyebrows are raised. An older fem ...Show more
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Ingrid Coleman writes letters to her husband, Gil, about the truth of their marriage, but instead of giving them to him, she hides them in the thousands of books he has collected over the years. When Ingrid has written her final letter she disappears from a Dorset beach, leaving behind her beautiful but ...Show more
The Gringo Champion by Aura Xilonen
26.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In this dazzling, picaresque novel, Liborio leaves Mexico to reach 'the promised land.' And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. As he narrates his memories we discover an impoverished childhood and a youth during which he has nothing to lose. In his n ...Show more
Massage: A Novel: China Library by Feiyu Bi
14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A stunning portrait of disability and the strength of human character. Wang Daifu is a sought-after blind practitioner of tuina, traditional pressure-point massage. His is a uniquely coveted skill, yet it is one of the few options open to the visually impaired in China. When he loses all his savings on ...Show more
The Kitchen and Other Stories by Hsu Kun
14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: China Library
Chi-Tzu daydreams of home-cooked meals surrounded by family and more while diligently navigating Sun-Tze's bachelor kitchen; a young ex-soldier attempts to escape his prescribed rural life by sitting the national college entrance exam; Qin Shan and his wife grapple with illness, love and loss amidst the ...Show more
The Republic of Wine: China Library by Mo Yan
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
When Special Investigator Ding Gou'er arrives in the fictional province of Liquorland, the air reeks of coal and liquor. Tasked with investigating rumours that local officials are practising cannibalism, he transforms from observer to participant in the bacchanalian rounds of lavish banquets and intempe ...Show more
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out: China Library by Mo Yan
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In this multifaceted tour de force, Mo Yan flexes his skills both as an astute observer of society and history and as a leading practitioner of experimental and imaginative fiction. Ximen Nao, a wealthy landowner, loses his farm and his life as angry villagers redistribute the land after the establishme ...Show more
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
One hot August day a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood. Jenny, the mother, is in charge of lopping any small limbs off the logs with a hatchet. Wade, the father, does the stacking. The two daughters, June and May, aged nine and six, drink lemonade, swat away horseflies, bicker, ...Show more
The Shifting Light by Alice Campion
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Entertaining and page-turning . . . part rural romance and part family saga' Sydney Morning Herald (on The Painted Sky)Nina Larkin shouldbe happy. She's transformed her rundown outback property, The Springs, into a successful artists' retreat; she's won a distinguished art prize, and she's living with ...Show more
The Painted Sky by Alice Campion
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Nina never knew what happened to her father, the celebrated artist Jim Larkin. One minute he was her devoted dad, the next he'd disappeared without trace. Seventeen years later, she's still haunted by the mystery. Until a call from outback Wandalla changes everything. At first, Nina's inheritance of a w ...Show more
Thomas and Mary: A Love Story by Tim Parks
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Somehow it seemed to him the only thing that would really solve the problem would be to return to the sea and find the old ring with their names and the wedding date engraved inside, in 22-carat gold, and put it on again and then the world would magically return to what it had been before. Many years b ...Show more