List - November 2013 (750 KB PDF)

The four Latimer sisters are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, witand ambition. They have always been close; always happy. They thought this wouldnever change. But then they left home to train as nurses, swapping the feather beds oftheir father's townhouse for the spartan bunks of nursing accomodation. And now, asthe Depression casts its shadow across Australia, they must confront their own secretdesires as the world changes around them. Will they find the independence theycrave?Laura McHugh – The weight of bloodThe Dane family's roots tangle deep in the Ozark Mountain town of Henbane, but thatdoesn't keep 16­year­old Lucy Dane from being treated like an outsider. Folks stillwhisper about her mother, a bewitching young stranger who inspired local myths whenshe vanished when Lucy was still a baby. Then one of Lucy's few friends, Cheri, isfound murdered, and Lucy feels haunted by both women: by the mother she neverknew and the friend she couldn't protect. And when she stumbles across Cheri'snecklace in an abandoned trailer, she begins to suspect that Cheri's death could belinked to her mother's disappearance. As suspicion is cast on Lucy's own family, Lucyfinds herself drawn in an increasingly terrifying search for answers. In a place wherethe bonds of blood weigh heavy, she must decide for herself whether her trueallegiances lie ­ before she too loses everything...JoJo Moyes – The one plus oneSuppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson isbeing bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ­ that you can'tafford to pay for. So imagine you found and kept some money that didn't belong to you,knowing it would pay for your daughter's happiness. But how do you cope with theshame? Especially when the man you've lied to decides to help you out in your hour ofneed. Jo is in hell ­ Ed has saved her family ­ but is their happiness worth a lifetime'ssoul­searching?Annie Murray – Meet me under the clock20