The Light after the War by Anita Abriel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
In the bestselling tradition of THE GIRL FROM MUNICH and THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, an extraordinary tale based on the true story of how the author's mother survived World War II against all odds. In 1946 two young Hungarian refugees arrive in Naples determined to start a new life after losing everyon ...Show more
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum's collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however, where they are to stay for the duration of the war, Hetty soon realizes that she's taken on more ...Show more
Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
'It wasn't the life I'd ever imagined for myself, but I know now that we seldom ever get what we've imagined, and that this life is less about achieving than it is about adjusting. We're not the waves that pound against the earth until it breaks down to our wants. We're the rivers, that bend and give am ...Show more
Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
"Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely frangible bodies, carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep them alive. Laura may be burned out. Her hands have be ...Show more
Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Set during the gold-rush era in Australia, this remarkable novel is full of unforgettable characters and deals with timeless questions of identity and belonging.Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold fields i ...Show more
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The Times bestseller by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale."An intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times "So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" Scotsma ...Show more
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightne ...Show more
Desire Lines by Felicity Volk
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
Are you still a liar? The crafting of those five words, even without dispatch, left her chilled. Arctic Circle, 2012. On a lightless day at the end of the polar winter, landscape architect Evie Waddell finds herself exhuming the past as she buries Australian seeds in a frozen mountain vault - insurance ...Show more
The Night Tiger - A Novel by Yangsze Choo
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The two main characters will captivate you as their paths are destined to cross... you won't be able to put this one down!' Reese Witherspoon 'I was willingly propelled into a fascinating and exotic world' Daily Mail They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take t ...Show more
Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Hailed as "Pakistan's brightest voice" ("Guardian"), prize-winning author Hanif deliver a powerful and darkly satirical novel about the the harsh, absurd hypocrisies of American intervention in the Muslim world.
A Burning by Megha MAJUMDAR
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party, and finds that his own ascent bec ...Show more
Olive by Emma Gannon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
The debut novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Emma Gannon. OLIVE is many things. Independent. Adrift. Anxious. Loyal. Kind. Knows her own mind. It's ok that she's still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made ...Show more