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72 <strong>Style</strong> | Read<br />
The reading room<br />
A place to discover what deserves a spot in your TBR pile.<br />
NEW RELEASES<br />
Shrines of Gaiety<br />
Kate Atkinson<br />
Penguin, $37<br />
Set in London’s Soho in the 1920s, where the post-war nightlife<br />
industry is booming. The notorious queen of this dazzling new<br />
world is the ruthless Nellie Coker, ambitious to advance her six<br />
children and guard her empire from both internal and external<br />
threats. As always Kate Atkinson (Behind the Scenes at the Museum,<br />
A God in Ruins) forges fabulous characters and brings history<br />
brilliantly to life.<br />
YOU’VE BEEN<br />
READING<br />
A Visible Man<br />
Edward Enninful<br />
Bloomsbury, $35<br />
Fans of fashion, magazines and in particular British Vogue will be<br />
dying to get their hands on a copy of current editor-in-chief and<br />
industry legend Edward Enninful’s memoir A Visible Man, which,<br />
typically charismatically and intelligently, chronicles his professional<br />
rise and personal mission to showcase true diversity in fashion.<br />
WINNING<br />
REVIEW<br />
Lessons<br />
Ian McEwan<br />
Penguin, $37<br />
The compelling 18th novel from Ian McEwan, bestselling author of<br />
Atonement, Lessons begins at the British boarding school of a young<br />
Roland Baines in the 1960s, before unfolding across generations<br />
and historical upheavals from the Suez Crisis and Cuban Missile<br />
Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the current pandemic.<br />
Described as “a chronicle of our times” and “a powerful meditation<br />
on history and humanity through the prism of one ordinary man”.<br />
Wildflowers<br />
Peggy Frew<br />
Allen & Unwin, $37<br />
The latest from the award-winning Aussie writer (and member of<br />
the critically acclaimed Melbourne band Art of Fighting), Wildflowers<br />
follows sisters Meg, Nina and the formerly charismatic, now<br />
troubled Amber as they reunite for the first time in years on the<br />
road to a remote holiday rental in Far North Queensland, where<br />
the older sisters plan to help Amber overcome her addiction. Hard<br />
to put down and surprisingly funny despite the heartbreaking tale.<br />
Eddy, Eddy<br />
Kate de Goldi<br />
Allen & Unwin, $30<br />
At times laugh-out-loud<br />
funny and at others<br />
cry-out-loud sad,<br />
Eddy, Eddy tells the story<br />
of 19-year-old Eddy<br />
and the cast of unique<br />
characters (including a<br />
multitude of adorable and<br />
amusing pets) that fill his life<br />
while navigating a postearthquake<br />
Christchurch.<br />
- Mel Loftus
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