Fiction
Trip of a Lifetime
Liz Byrski
ISBN-13: 9781405038270
When parliamentarian Heather Delaney is shot in the shoulder outside her office, her life will change forever. Struggling to return to work, she is haunted by questions about the shooting. Was it personal or political? Who could hate her enough to want to kill her and will they try again?
Man of Water
Chris McLeod
ISBN: 1 92106 400
Watt, a self-absorbed writer in middle-aged decline, has settled in to this friend's holiday house to work on a new novel. But weeks go by and he achieves little. His talent for procrastination reaches a terrible climax as he stands by and watches as an old man drowns in the local weir. A rich and satisfying psychological thriller.
Cusp
Jospehine Wilson
ISBN: 1 920694 56
On a hot, hard day in 1990, Lena Hawkins reluctantly returns from New York. In Perth, Mavis Hawkins feels as if she has spent her whole life waiting. But now her wait is over. Her only daughter is about to land, and she must tell her the truth. Dark, funny, poignant, Cusp explores the profound impact of time and place on the lives of two women and questions the things we value, the places we call home, and the spaces between life and death.
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A New Map of the Universe
Annabel Smith
ISBN: 1 920694 55
This lyrical, engaging novel spans two generations and both hemispheres as Grace navigates her new map of the universe. It is a story about grief and passion, architecture and astronomy, but above all it is a story about finding yourself.
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The Bicycle Teacher
Campbell Jefferys
ISBN: 185756670X
With the fall of the Berlin Wall went the culture and identity of millions of people. For Michael Smith, an Australian in East Berlin, the unification of Germany was an end and not a beginning.
Dovetail Road
Graham Kershaw
ISBN: 1 92106 449
What does it take to make love work? As summer coutns down, architect Peter Warner, danegrously adrift from his marriage, his son and his dreams, sweats over a riverside development. But then he meets Liz, a feisty single mother fighting to save the river foreshore. Everything changes, for Peter, for Liz and for their children...
Rhubarb
Craig Silvey
ISBN: 1 92073 191
Books Alive Great Read Guide 2006.
Craig Silvey's critically acclaimed fist novel Rhubarb earned him a Best Young Australian Novelist Award from the Sydney Morning Herald, and selection as the Perth International Arts Festival 'One Book, One City' title in 2005.
Fragments
Geoff Bebb and Michelle Denise
ISBN: 1 9211 1825
When a woman is cruelly cut down by muggers in London’s Hyde Park, her world shatters into a thousand fragments. Emerging from a coma some weeks later, she has no identification, no memory, no friends and no family to help in her convalescence. The police officer assigned to her case, becomes enmeshed in the woman’s psyche as he attempts to piece together the fragments of her life. As pressure on him mounts, his usually reliable professional judgment is brought asunder.
Sea Dust
Margaret Muir
ISBN: 709079893
After the death of her child, Emma's life is in ruins. In order to survive she must escape from her abusive husband and bury the guilt from her past. A chance encounter with a French seaman on the windswept Whitby cliff top provides the very opportunity. she can sail to Australia, but to do so she must stowaway on the 'Morning Star' and risk being put ashore if she is discovered.
The Twisting Vine
Margaret Muir
ISBN: 0 7090 8132
Set in the rural north of England, the story spans the period from 1895 to 1920. It follows the fluctuating fortunes of Lucy Oldfield and her son James, and includes the impact of the Great War on their lives. Throughout the novel, a French Bru doll has an unobtrusive yet, at times, haunting presence.
The Concerto Inn
Jo Gardiner
ISBN: 1 920694 14
The third title in UWA Press' acclaimed New Writing series weaves together the stories of two sisters, two betrayals, and two acts of violence - two years apart - that lead both women back to the mythical place of their childhood in Ravello, Italy.
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Glass
Adriana Ellis
ISBN: 978 1 74027
Glass is a new collection of short fiction by Adriana Ellis, published by Ginninderra Press. The characters in GLASS are often quirky, the stories always compelling. It is life in the suburbs, sharply observed, compassionate and filled with a wry humour. Ellis’s work is about the connections people make with family, friends or lovers; the relationships they forge attempting lives of clarity and honesty. In several of the stories the environment is to the fore, as it is in Australia today. This is work which will engage and envelop the reader.
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The Albanian
Donna Mazza
ISBN: 9781 921 064
The Albanian centers around Rosa, a young woman from small-country-town Australia, who longs for mystery, adventure and the exotic. Rosa becomes fatally attracted to the romantic image of Eastern Europe, arriving alone in Dubrovnik in the months before the implosion of the old Yugoslavia.
Rosa has no idea of the politics, yet she ends up dangerously drawn into a relationship with a young Albanian on his path to becoming a political refugee. Unable to tease apart destiny, reality and fantasy, she becomes a captive of her heart and the excitement and danger of the unknown.
The Edge of the World
Marcella Polain
ISBN: 9781920731
The Edge of the World is a powerful, monumental story of an Armenian family, spanning one hundred years, five countries and several generations. A family fragmented by genocide, exile and emigration, but which, through extraordinary acts of courage and compassion, is eventually brought together again — albeit utterly changed. A compelling, imaginative and beautifully written story of a remarkable family.
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Careless
Deborah Robertson
ISBN: 330422359
Combining the intimacy of a family's heartache, with the suspense of a thriller, Careless is a gripping, seductive novel about the ties of caring and responsibility that are formed and broken in our society. It is a novel about our times.
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Cunyarra: The North West 1950
Colin Price
ISBN: 975219626
In 1949, following reports that survivors of German raider Kormoran may have buried politically sensitive files at Cuvier Bay on the North West coast of Australia, the Royal Navy sends Sam Lejeune on paid leave to visit his family's station situated nearby to investigate. Sam flies to Carnarvon where he quickly settles into station life and is attracted to his cousin Rachel. An opportunity presents itself when George Roberts, owner of a coastal station close to the cave where the Germans camped, invites them all to join in excavating the site. The outcome is unexpected.
Many Years a Thief
David Hutchison
ISBN: 9.78E+11
It is well-known that over 9000 adult convicts were transported to Western Australia between 1850 and 1868. It is much less well-known that, during the 1840s, 234 boys from the Parkhurst Reformatory on the Isle of Wight were transported to the colony to be apprenticed to settlers. One of the group taking part in the attempted rehabilitation scheme was a fifteen-year-old boy, John Gavin.
John Schoales, the government guardian of the new arrivals, put Gavin to work on an isolated farm south of Perth. Soon after, he was brought back to Fremantle in shackles, charged with the murder of his master’s son.
He was found guilty and hanged, near the Round House (which still stands) in Fremantle on Easter Saturday 1844. Gavin became the first European to be executed in the colony of Western Australia. Many Years a Thief explores the emotional impact on those involved. A novel based on a true story which will appeal to lovers of beautiful fiction, as well as to Australian history buffs.