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Adapted into an Academy Award-winning film and one of John Irving's most beloved novels, The Cider House Rules is the story of a kind but complex doctor and the conflicted young orphan he takes under his wing. “A novel as good as one could hope to find from any author, anywhere, anytime...

A post-Second World War story of strong female ties and family, secrets and lies, set in the multicultural Australia of the fifties. Can the Bonegilla girls defeat their past? Or will it come to claim them? 1954: When sixteen–year–old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family...

Australian author Fiona Lowe returns with a juicy family saga, set against the backdrop of Victoria's high country, about unforgettable characters tangled together by a wealthy inheritance, secrets and betrayal. Is an inheritance a privilege or a right? Does it show love? Margaret, the matriarch...

WINNER: Man Booker Prize for Fiction New York Times Notable Book “The Story of Lucy Gault … once read, will never be forgotten.”—Washington Post Book World “Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov.”—Wall Street Journal The stunning novel from highly acclaimed author William...

It's 1963 in New York, and outside the fortified building owned by Michael, newly undisputed Boss of all Bosses, a parade of people are waiting to ask the great man for favours. Among the visitors are former mob rivals, an emissary from the mayor of New York, and even faces from the past, like Jonny Fontane. All come to pay homage.

Bestselling author Rachael Johns returns with a poignant, heart-warming story of a woman who wants nothing else than to be a mum, and one who never wanted to be a mother. Mother: female parent of a child Mum: the woman who nurtures, raises and loves a child Radio host Harper Drummond lives for...

FINALIST FOR THE AUREALIS AWARDS SARA DOUGLASS BOOK SERIES AWARD 2024 Two warriors. One wields the power of music, one the strength of her sword. Both face a grave threat in this enthralling historical fantasy. After a violent encounter with masked men and the sinister Crow Folk, Prince Aolu of...

The thrilling bestseller from Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel Mr Einstein's Secretary out now. BOOK 5 IN THE JACK WEST JR SERIES A SHADOW WORLD When Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms...

“Brenda Janowitz writes with extraordinary humor and heart.” —JANE GREEN, New York Times bestselling author Three siblings. A priceless family ring. One legendary love story. In 1978, Lizzie Morgan and Ritchie Schneider embark on a whirlwind romance on the bright beaches and glamorous...

A compelling wartime novel of love, loss, and remembrance from the best-selling author of The Shopkeeper's Daughter. August 1914. With the approach of war about to bring tragedy and heartache to families all over England, Elsie longs to do her duty for king and country. She heads to London to act as an interpreter for thousands of Belgian refugees. But although she enjoys her work, she longs to do more.

A compulsively readable story of passion, adventure and a woman's quest for independence set against the colourful backdrop of 19th century Bendigo and the goldfields of Ballarat. 1854, Ballarat, Victoria When Nell Amberton's husband is shot dead by a bushranger, there are few who grieve his...

A fresh and poignant novel of family, journeys, past decisions ... and dresses ... from the ABIA award-winning, bestselling author Rachael Johns. Four women, one dress, and the secret that binds them all... On a special night that is supposed to be a celebration of new beginnings, Paige...

An ambitious, remarkable and moving novel about who we are: our past, present and future, and our connection to this land. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD. 'Storyland is a worthy contender for the Great Australian Novel - encompassing, ambitious' Readings In 1796, a young...

Three women, three secrets, one life-changing journey. Alice has always been a trailblazer as a scientist, activist and mother. She knew her choices would involve sacrifices, but now, on the eve of her eightieth birthday, she's beginning to wonder if she's sacrificed too much. Alice's daughter...

A moving story of love, loss and survival against the odds by bestselling author of The Last of the Bonegilla Girls, Victoria Purman. It was never just a man's war... Melbourne,1942 War has engulfed Europe and now the Pacific, and Australia is fighting for its future. For spinster Flora Atkins...

'Emotional, compelling'; 'Compulsively readable'; 'Utterly unputdownable'; 'A must-read for all fiction lovers' ... 1969: Free-spirited hippie Jess James has no intention of falling for a soldier ... but perhaps some things are not in our power to stop. 1989: Jess's daughter, Jamie, dreams of a...

Bestselling author Rachael Johns takes you back to Hope Junction and the characters from Jilted. Nurse Lauren Simpson is known in Hope Junction for the wrong reasons – and she's over it. Watching the man she's always loved marry someone else is the last straw – she decides to get out of Hope...

Liane Moriarty meets Jodi Picoult in this tensely negotiated story of family ties, betrayal and sacrifice. Every family has its secrets... Alice Hunter is smarting from the raw deal life has thrown her way: suddenly single, jobless and forced to move home to her parents' tiny seaside town. And...

On a stormy night in small-town America, a couple, desperate and soaked to the skin, knock on a stranger's door. When Martha, a retired schoolteacher living a safe and conventional life, answers their knock, her world changes forever. For they are fugitives. Lynnie, a young woman with an intellectual disability, and Homan, a deaf man with only sign language to guide him, have escaped together from The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, a brutal institution where people with disabilities are left to languish, shuttered away from the world.

A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote...