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Hamnet is a story of the bond betweentwins, and of a marriage pushed tothe brink by grief. It is a tender andunforgettable reimagining of a boy whoselife has been all but forgotten, but whosename was given to one of the mostcelebrated plays ever written, from amaster storyteller.Exclusive Offer: Purchase a copy ofHamnet and receive FREE gift wrap.*While stocks last.HAMNETMaggieO'FarrellPaperbackRRP $32.99A THOUSANDMOONSSebastian BarryPaperback RRP $32.99Told in SebastianBarry's gorgeous, lyricalprose, A ThousandMoons is a powerful,moving study of onewoman's journey, of herdetermination to writeher own future, and ofthe enduring human capacity for love. Even whenyou come out of bloodshed and disaster, in theend you have got to learn to live.MY DARK VANESSAKate ElizabethRussellPaperback RRP $29.99Vanessa Wye was fifteenyears-oldwhen she firsthad sex with her Englishteacher. Now thirty-two,she is quite certain thatthe relationship she hadwith Strane wasn't abuse.It was love. Wasn't it?Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful,My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart ofsome of the most complex issues our age.A STRANGE COUNTRYMuriel BarberyPaperback RRP $29.99May release,advance orders welcomeDuring the longest warhumankind has endured,two young Spanish officersabandon their post to followthe charismatic Petrusacross a bridge only hecan see.An ode to the power of the imagination, the sequelto The Life of Elves echoes our own global borderdisputes and climate disaster.MAMMOTHChris FlynnPaperback RRP $29.99May release,advance orders welcomeNarrated by a 13,000-yearoldextinct mammoth, this isthe (mostly) true story of howa collection of prehistoriccreatures came to be on saleat a natural history auction inNew York in 2007. A funnyand fascinating journey from the Pleistocene epochto nineteenth-century America and beyond.Thrilling ReadsTHE LONGSHADOWAnne BuistPaperbackRRP $32.99May release,advance orderswelcomeTRACE ELEMENTSDonna LeonPaperback RRP $32.99A woman’s cryptic dyingwords in a Venetian hospicelead Guido Brunetti touncover a threat to theentire region in DonnaLeon’s haunting twentyninthBrunetti novel.As she has done so oftenthrough her memorablecharacters and storytelling skill, Donna Leon onceagain engages our sensibilities as to the differencesbetween guilt and responsibility.CAMINO WINDSJohn GrishamPaperback RRP $32.99May release,advance orders welcomeThere's trouble in paradise.Following his no 1 SundayTimes bestselling novelCamino Island, JohnGrisham returns with novelistheroine Mercer Mann.Murder and intrigue combinein a breathless thriller set on a hurricane-lashedFlorida island.Psychologist Isabel Harris has come to theoutback town of Riley with her husbandand toddler. Isabel will run a mother–babytherapy group. But on the first day shegets an anonymous note from one of themothers: The baby killer is going to strikeagain. Soon.Could the threat be serious? A child wasmurdered in Riley once before. As Isabeldiscovers more about the mothers in hergroup, she begins to believe the twentyfive-year-oldmystery of a baby’s death maybe the key to preventing another tragedy.4 Gifts, Reviews & SpecialsWE BEGINAT THE ENDChris WhitakerPaperback RRP $29.99May release,advance orders welcomeWith the staggeringintensity of JamesLee Burke and theabsorbing narrative ofJane Harper's The Dry,We Begin at the End isa powerful novel about absolute love and thelengths we will go to keep our family safe.This is a story about good and evil and how lifeis lived somewhere in between.HITLER'S PEACEPhilip KerrPaperback RRP $32.99A gripping alternativehistory thriller from thebestselling author of theBernie Gunther novels.Autumn 1943. Hitler knowshe cannot win the war: nowhe must find a way to makepeace. FDR and Stalin arewilling to negotiate; onlyChurchill refuses to listen. The upcoming AlliedTehran conference will be where the next steps -whatever they are - will be decided.
THE LOUDNESS OFUNSAID THINGSHildegaard HintonPaperback RRP $29.99Miss Kaye works at apsychiatric hospital, a placefor the damaged, outliersand fringe dwellers ofsociety. Susie is a funny,bright seven-year-old whois wise beyond her years.A stunning story aboutfamily, loneliness and isolation that will make youlaugh, cry and be a bit kinder to those who are lost.THE THINGS SHEOWNEDKatherine TamikoArguilePaperback RRP $29.99Erika lives quietly,surrounded by objectsthat once belonged to herdifficult mother, Michiko.When an unwelcome visitorarrives from Japan, thethings that Michiko ownedbegin to reveal their secrets. Crossing decades andcontinents, this is a mesmerising story ofmothers, daughters, and the tortuous roadto forgiveness.STONE SKY GOLDMOUNTAINMirandi RiwoePaperback RRP $29.99April release,advance orders welcomeFamily circumstances forcesiblings Ying and Lai Yueto flee their home in Chinato seek their fortunes inAustralia. Evoking therich, unfolding tapestry ofAustralian life in the late nineteenth century, StoneSky Gold Mountain is a heartbreaking and universalstory about the exiled and displaced, and theyearning for acceptance.RETURN TICKETJon DoustPaperback RRP $29.99As a boy, the hot-headedimpetuous young JackMuir raged against injusticeand authority. Now, fromthe vantage point of oldage, Jack recalls his standas a young man againstapartheid in Cape Town, andthe flourishing of love in akibbutz in Israel – across time and across continents– he also remembers those who helped him becomea decent man, a better father and a friend.THE RIVER HOMEHannah RichellPaperback RRP $29.99Margot Sorrell didn't wantto go home.But as she reunites withher sisters in the housethey grew up in besidethe river, the secrets theykeep from each other, andfrom themselves, refuse tostay hidden.The new novel from bestselling author HannahRichell is a wise and emotionally powerful story ofa broken family and the courage it takes to heal.BENEVOLENCEJulie JansonPaperback RRP $19.99April release,advance orders welcomeFor perhaps the firsttime in novel form,Benevolence presents animportant era in Australia’shistory from an Aboriginalperspective, followingDarug woman, Muraging(Mary James), in the early 1800s. At an early ageMuraging is given over to the Parramatta NativeSchool, and from here she embarks on a journeyof discovery and a search for a safe place to makeher home.THE ANIMALS INTHAT COUNTRYLaura Jean McKayPaperback RRP $29.99April release,advance orders welcomeBold, exhilarating,and wholly original,The Animals in ThatCountry asks whatwould happen, for betteror worse, if we finallyunderstood what animals were saying.A pandemic is sweeping the country and this is noordinary flu: its chief symptom is that its victimsbegin to understand the language of animals.WE WERE NEVERFRIENDSMargaret BearmanPaperback RRP $29.99Lotti Coates lives in theshadow of a genius:her father George is abrilliant and celebratedAustralian painter.When Lotti meets theoutcast waif Kyla at school,two worlds are set tocollide. Slowly Kyla is drawn into the orbit of theCoates family. Or is it the other way around?BELOW DECKSophie HardcastlePaperback RRP $29.99A heartbreakinglypoetic and hauntingstory about thevagaries of consent,about who has thespace to speak andwho is believed.Below Deck isabout the momentsthat haunt us, themoments that fan outlike ripples through the deep. So that everything else,becomes everything after.'Lyrical, profound, and deeply moving SophieHardcastle's Below Deck will confront as well assoothe, and is the most tender, hopeful battle-cry ofa book.' - Brooke Davis Author of Lost and FoundGULLIVER'S WIFELauren ChaterPaperback RRP $32.99April release,advance orderswelcomeLondon, 1702. Whenher husband is lostat sea, Mary BurtonGulliver, midwife andherbalist, is forcedto rebuild her lifewithout him. Threeyears later, LemuelGulliver is broughthome, fevered and communicating only in riddles. Ina climate of desperate poverty and violence, Mary iscaught in a crossfire of suspicion and fear driven byher husband’s outlandish claims, and must navigatea passage to safety for herself, her daughter, andthe vulnerable women in her care.THE DICTIONARYO F LO ST WO R D SPip WilliamsPaperback RRP $32.99As a child, Esmespends her days in‘the Scriptorium’where first OxfordEnglish Dictionaryis being compiled.As she grows, sherealises that somewords are consideredmore importantthan others, and that words relating to women’sexperiences often go unrecorded. So she beginsto create another dictionary: The Dictionary of LostWords. Set when the women’s suffrage movementwas at its height and the Great War loomed, it’sa delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provokingcelebration of language.Australian Independent Bookseller Spring Reading Guide5
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