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The book nook<br />
A place to discover what deserves a spot in your TBR pile.<br />
NEW RELEASES<br />
Still Standing: What I’ve<br />
Learnt from a Life Lived<br />
Differently<br />
Jess Quinn<br />
(Allen & Unwin, $36.99)<br />
This is Jess’s inspirational story of losing her leg to an<br />
aggressive cancer as a nine-year-old and how she’s come<br />
to accept this, channelling her experience into helping<br />
others. As a successful model, social media phenomenon,<br />
and participant on Dancing with the Stars, Jess has become<br />
a spokesperson for body diversity. An advocate for<br />
resilience and normalising different, her messages are hugely<br />
important for us all.<br />
I Laugh Me Broken<br />
Bridget van der Zijpp<br />
(Victoria University of Wellington<br />
Press, $30)<br />
Upon learning of a devastating genetic inheritance, Ginny<br />
gains new understanding of her mother’s love and death.<br />
Leaving her fiancé in the dark, Ginny flees to Germany to<br />
research a novel about a maverick sea captain who was<br />
lauded for his courage. Navigating transient, hedonistic<br />
Berlin on her own, she absorbs the city’s tangle of stories as<br />
she tries to gather the strength to face her future.<br />
The Magician<br />
Colm Tóibín<br />
(Macmillan, $37.99)<br />
When the Great War breaks out Thomas Mann is fired up<br />
with patriotism, but his flawed vision signals the start of a<br />
complex relationship with his German homeland and great<br />
conflict within his own troubled family. Although famous as<br />
a writer, Thomas’s inner life is fearful and secretive. Blind to<br />
impending disaster in the Great War, he is forced to rethink<br />
his relationship to Germany as Hitler comes to power. In<br />
exile, he and his wife Katia try to keep their family safe, yet<br />
suffering ensues.<br />
The Silence Between Us:<br />
A Mother and Daughter’s<br />
Conversation Through<br />
Suicide and Into Life<br />
Oceane Campbell with<br />
Cécile Barral<br />
(Hardie Grant Books, $32.99)<br />
A double memoir tracing a mother and daughter as they<br />
rebuild their relationship after the daughter’s suicide<br />
attempt. Oceane’s story is pieced together through original<br />
records, interspersed with Cécile’s own account. We learn<br />
about the intergenerational trauma that forced their divide,<br />
as well as the sexual assault that pushed Oceane over the<br />
edge. As they attempt to negotiate the mental health and<br />
legal systems, we see the fractures start to mend.<br />
YOU’VE BEEN<br />
READING<br />
WINNING<br />
REVIEW<br />
The Silent Patient<br />
Alex Michaelides<br />
(Celadon Books, $25)<br />
If artist Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life, why then<br />
did she shoot her husband five times in the head and never<br />
speak again? Psychotherapist Theo Faber makes it his mission to<br />
get Alicia to talk again. Constant unexpected twists, especially<br />
the ending, make this book a riveting, compelling read.<br />
– Susan Peake
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