Restless Dolly Maunder (H/B) by Kate Grenville
$45.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
An exquisite portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother-a woman Kate feared as a child, and only came to understand in adulthood. Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors were finally starting to creak ajar for women. Born into a po ...Show more
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A darkly glittering literary debut that traces a mixed family's troubled trajectory through developing China. A mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative set against China's economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity and family, of capitalism' ...Show more
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
AS HEARD ON FRONT ROW, A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND FT 'SUMMER READ''My favourite book I've read this year' PANDORA SYKES'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing' Stephanie Merritt, Observer'Very, very funny' PAUL MURRAYIn one of the most acclaimed novels of the ye ...Show more
The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
This near-future sci-fi novel from an award-winning Barbadian author imagines a post-climate disaster Earth suffused by VR tech.On a post-apocalyptic Earth devastated by climate change, the Global Government Project has begun to train a group of young diplomatic representatives in a simulation for First ...Show more
The Maiden by Kate Foster
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024'A masterpiece' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal'Exceptional -- a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily MailInspired by a real-life murder trial, Kate Foster's The Maiden is a remarkable story with a fe ...Show more
The Maiden by Kate Foster
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. "In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me." Edinbu ...Show more
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A beautiful and moving first novel about grief, sisterhood and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself. Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes ...Show more
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A beautiful and moving first novel about grief, sisterhood and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself. Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes h ...Show more