Wild Chicory... Book Description: Wild Chicory is a novella that takes the reader on an immigrant journey from Ireland to Australia in the early 1900s, along threads of love, family, war and peace. It’s a slice of ordinary life rich in history, folklore and fairy tale, and a portrait of the precious relationship between a … Continue reading Book Review: Wild Chicory by Kim Kelly
Month: Apr 2017
Book Review: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Truly Madly Guilty... Book Description: If only they'd said no... What if they hadn't gone? That's the question Clementine can't stop asking herself. It was just an ordinary backyard barbeque on a Sunday afternoon. They didn't know their hosts that well. They were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she … Continue reading Book Review: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Book Review: Secrets of Southern Girls by Haley Harrigan
Secrets of Southern Girls... Book Description: In this powerful, affecting debut, a young woman uncovers devastating secrets about the friend she thinks she killed... Ten years ago, Julie Portland accidentally killed her best friend, Reba. What's worse is she got away with it. Consumed by guilt, she left the small town of Lawrence Mill, Mississippi, … Continue reading Book Review: Secrets of Southern Girls by Haley Harrigan
Book Review: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos... Book Description: In The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, US-based Australian writer Dominic Smith brilliantly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter of the Golden Age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s Manhattan, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
Book Review: True Colours by Kristin Hannah
True Colours... Book Description: True Colours is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah’s most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet. With the luminous writing and unforgettable characters that are her trademarks, she tells the story of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, betrayal, and the kind of passion that rarely … Continue reading Book Review: True Colours by Kristin Hannah
Book Review: The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons
The Girl in Times Square... Book Description: Lily's life is turned upside down with the disappearance of her flat mate, incredible revelations about her family and a personal discovery, all of which will affect her forever. What if everything you believed about your life was a lie? Meet Lily Quinn. She is broke, struggling to … Continue reading Book Review: The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons
Book Review: Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
Skylarking... Book Description: Kate and Harriet are best friends, growing up together on an isolated Australian cape in the 1880s. As daughters of the lighthouse keepers, the two girls share everything, until a fisherman, McPhail, arrives in their small community. When Kate witnesses the desire that flares between him and Harriet, she is torn by … Continue reading Book Review: Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
Book Review: Summer at Mount Hope by Rosalie Ham
Summer at Mount Hope... Book Description: Summer At Mount Hope is the story of a young woman growing up in rural Victoria, Australia, in a time of drought and depression. It is the story of her quest to retain freedom despite the strictures and expectations of family and society. My Thoughts: If I … Continue reading Book Review: Summer at Mount Hope by Rosalie Ham
Book Review: Dear Life by Meghan Quinn
Dear Life... Book Description: Four lives. Four stories. Four sets of letters. Four brave souls in need of guidance while facing life's greatest challenges. The anonymously published Dear Life program is designed to help them step outside of their comfort zones, face their obstacles, and relinquish their demons...and prove their existence. With their lives teetering … Continue reading Book Review: Dear Life by Meghan Quinn
Book Review: The Golden Child by Wendy James
The Golden Child... Book Description: Can bad children happen to good mothers? A totally absorbing novel, for readers of Liane Moriarty, Lionel Shriver and Christos Tsiolkas. Blogger Lizzy's life is buzzing, happy, normal. Two gorgeous children, a handsome husband, destiny under control. For her real-life alter-ego Beth, things are unravelling. Tensions are simmering with her … Continue reading Book Review: The Golden Child by Wendy James
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