The Librarians of Rue de Picardie by Janet Skeslien Charles
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book... 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of wome ...Show more
Ordinary Human Love by Melissa Goode
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The end of the affair is just the beginning. Mardi McKee, prodigal daughter, arrives at her father's home in Lithgow, Australia, after drifting overseas for eighteen months. Her previous life is a memory. Her mother has died, she is divorced and is estranged from her former lover, Ian. Mardi had left I ...Show more
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a warm, life-affirming debut about a zany case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family. 'Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I'll take excellent care of it.' Frederick F ...Show more
Earth by John Boyne
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
It's the tabloid sensation of the year - two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his island home, h ...Show more
Big Time by Jordan Prosser
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Big Time is set in a not-too-distant future Australia, where the eastern states have become the world's newest autocracy - a place where pop music is propaganda, science is the enemy, nationalism trumps all, and moral indecency is punishable by indefinite detention. The novel opens as Julian Ferryman, ...Show more
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
An unforgettable story of love, faith and science, Enlightenment is Sarah Perry's finest novel to date 'A complete masterwork' SARAH HALL, author of The Electric Michelangelo 'Enlightenment is a gift' SEAN HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide Thomas Hart and Grace Macauley are fellow worshippers ...Show more
Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A warm, witty and wise novel for anyone who has ever worried that they might be a terrible person, from the author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. Enid is many things: lesbian, serial dater, deaf in one ear, space obsessive, true crime fanatic. When she's not listening to grizzly murder ...Show more
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Sometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all... Clayton Stumper is an enigma.He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest m ...Show more
The Morningside by Tea Obreht
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their family's past. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place she was born and spent her early years; nor doe ...Show more
The Deed by Susannah Begbie
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Now that's the way to bury your old man ... he sank into his Jason recliner, wincing. A burial: a body wrapped in handwoven cloth, women dancing and wailing. Too much, in Tom's opinion, but at least they were mourning. To hell with that, at least they showed up.' Tom Edwards is dying, and cranky. He's ...Show more
The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
An elegant blend of fact and fiction, The Story Thief is a stirring drama set against pivotal moments in Australian history, about a young woman who discovers her family's story has been appropriated by Henry Lawson for his famous tale, The Drover's Wife. 'Brimming with evocative, authentic detail, The ...Show more
The End of the Morning by Charmian Clift
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off. Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you came to think about it, a round time — symmetrical anyway, and contained under a thin, radiant, dome shaped co ...Show more