info497179Sep 26, 20211 minThe Tea Ladies of St Jude's Hospital by Joanna Nell‘Herr Hilary’ runs the hospital cafeteria strictly with the accident-prone Joy and young volunteer Chloe. The ‘tea ladies’ are a...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minThe Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna NellThis book is a hoot! It tackles ageing, loving and relationships in a very refreshing manner. Peggy Smart at 79 years has fallen hard for...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minThe Birdman's Wife by Melissa AshleyYou don't have to love birds to enjoy this book. It will open your eyes afresh to colonial Australia and the discovery of our wonderful...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minWhen the Apricots Bloom by Gina WilkinsonThis is the story of three different Baghdadi women whose lives intertwine, but not through choice. It is the era of Saddam Hussein. Iraq...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minRedhead by the Side of the Road by Anne TylerAnne Tyler has created a wonderful, almost whimical character in Micah Mortimer. He's a virtual hermit until a young man appears on his...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minThe Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna NellThis is the very moving story of a lifetime of love between Dr Henry Parker, a ship's doctor, and his wife. They met on her first cruise,...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minOnce There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyThis is poignant, heartbreaking and beautifully written story about rewilding the remote Scottish highlands with wolves which once roamed...
info497179Sep 26, 20211 minSam Bloom: Heartache & Birdsong by Cameron Bloom, Samantha Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive This autobiography is both heart breaking and uplifting as Sam Bloom tells her story which inspired the international bestseller Penguin...
info497179Sep 25, 20211 minThe Tribute by John ByronThis is not a book for the faint hearted. The protagonist, or should I say perpetrator, is on a quest to reenact the 16th century...
info497179Sep 25, 20211 minHoneybee by Craig SilveySuperbly crafted; heart-breaking and heart-warming. Sam Watson, aka Honeybee, is a young man who is struggling with his identity. Almost...
info497179Sep 25, 20211 minThe Secrets We Kept by Lara PrescottThis is a fictionalised account of the banning of Boris Pasternak's novel, Dr Zhivago, by the USSR and the CIA's decision to publish his...
info497179Sep 25, 20211 minBefore You Knew My Name by Jacqueline BublitzTwo young women fleeing their past end up in New York. Alice Lee leaves her country town and an affair with a schoolteacher lured by the...
info497179Sep 25, 20211 minThe Safe Place by Anna DownesAn intriguing thriller that you just cannot put down. A feeling of dread develops as unlucky Emily gaily heads off to her boss’s retreat...
info497179Sep 18, 20211 minKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroWe first meet Klara in a department store that sells Artificial Friends like her as companions for children. Klara becomes enchanted with...
info497179Mar 27, 20211 minAll Our Shimmering Skies by Trent DaltonA superb second novel from the author of Boy Swallows Universe. The story is set in Darwin in 1942 when the city is bombed by the...