The 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...
top of page
(07) 5447 3776
Search
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell
This book is a hoot! It tackles ageing, loving and relationships in a very refreshing manner. Peggy Smart at 79 years has fallen hard for...
1 view0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley
You 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...
4 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
This is the story of three different Baghdadi women whose lives intertwine, but not through choice. It is the era of Saddam Hussein. Iraq...
2 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler has created a wonderful, almost whimical character in Micah Mortimer. He's a virtual hermit until a young man appears on his...
1 view0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell
This 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,...
2 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
This is poignant, heartbreaking and beautifully written story about rewilding the remote Scottish highlands with wolves which once roamed...
0 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Sam 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...
1 view0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Tribute by John Byron
This is not a book for the faint hearted. The protagonist, or should I say perpetrator, is on a quest to reenact the 16th century...
0 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
Superbly crafted; heart-breaking and heart-warming. Sam Watson, aka Honeybee, is a young man who is struggling with his identity. Almost...
0 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
This 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...
0 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
Two 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...
0 views0 comments
info497179
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
The Safe Place by Anna Downes
An intriguing thriller that you just cannot put down. A feeling of dread develops as unlucky Emily gaily heads off to her boss’s retreat...
1 view0 comments
info497179
- Sep 18, 2021
- 1 min
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
We first meet Klara in a department store that sells Artificial Friends like her as companions for children. Klara becomes enchanted with...
2 views0 comments
info497179
- Mar 27, 2021
- 1 min
All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
A 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...
1 view0 comments
bottom of page