The Wounded Sinner, Gus Henderson (Magabala Books)
September 2018 Book of the MonthThe Wounded Sinner is the name of a grand, decaying house in Guildford where an irascible old man named Archie lies dying while his son Matthew spends his days ...
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Simply Ing (as told to Margaret O’Brien), Helen (Ing) Nellie and Margaret O’Brien (Magabala Books)
August 2018 Book of the MonthHelen Ing Nellie’s telling of her story charts a life that is often harsh and marked by tragedy, part of the larger tragic history of the cultural and literal ...
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Anne Aly’s autobiography charts her remarkable life, one packed with incident and achievement. Aly has a life-long interest in ordinary people’s stories and is a great story teller. Told ...
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Afternoons with Harvey Beam, Carrie Cox (Fremantle Press)
June 2018 Book of the MonthWe meet middle-aged big-city talkback radio host Harvey Beam at a crucial point in his life: his career has taken a nose-dive, and back in the small town he ...
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The Art of Persuasion, Susan Midalia (Fremantle Press)
May 2018 Book of the MonthSusan Midalia’s first novel and fourth book is a tender, smart and funny meditation on the ethics of reproduction, consumerism, conscience and political conviction. When twentyfive-year-old Hazel meets Adam ...
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You Belong Here, Laurie Steed (Margaret River Press)
April 2018 Book of the MonthJen and Steven meet at sixteen and marry at eighteen. Soon they are the parents of three young children. Initially, the kids keep them together until love turns to ...
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The Rúin, Dervla McTiernan (Harper Collins)
March 2018 Book of the MonthIt has been twenty years since young Irish police officer Cormac Reilly discovered the body of Hilaria Blake in her decaying mansion, and he has never forgotten the two ...
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The Sisters’ Song, Louise Allan (Allen & Unwin)
February 2018 Book of the MonthSpanning 70 years, The Sisters’ Song explores the relationship of Nora and Ida, two sisters growing up in rural Tasmania. Life takes the sisters on diverse paths: Ida longs ...
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