February has brought some pretty fantastic books to my door. It might be a little quiet here on the review front for the next week, but once the end of the month begins to approach, I’ll have some new release reviews for you on the following sensational titles.
Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
Set against the vibrant backdrop of Burma from the 1940s to the 1960s, Miss Burma is a powerful and epic novel that follows one prominent Burmese family struggling to overcome war and political repression while trying to build a meaningful life.
The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht
The Passengers is a luminous novel about love: the journeys we undertake, the sacrifices we make and the heartache we suffer for love It is about how we most long for what we have left behind. And it is about the past – how close it can still feel – even after long passages of time.
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch.
A riveting tale of destruction and love found in the direst of places, Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Book of Joan raises questions about what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex and gender, and the role of art as a means for survival. It’s a genre-defying masterpiece that may very well rewire your brain.
In the Garden of the Fugitives by Ceridwen Dovey
Addictive and unsettling, In the Garden of the Fugitives is a masterpiece of duplicity and counterplay, as brilliantly illuminating as it is surprising – about the obscure workings of guilt in the human psyche, the compulsion to create, and the dangerous morphing of desire into control. It is the breakthrough work of one of Australia’s most exciting emerging writers.
Published by Penguin Random House Australia
The Cowgirl by Anthea Hodgson
The new novel from the acclaimed author of The Drifter.
Published by Penguin Random House Australia
The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen
A magnificent novel about fate, Australia and what it means to be human… it just happens to be narrated by a galah called Lucky.
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth
Do you ever really know your neighbours?
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia
The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
A haunting debut novel about growing up, growing wild and what it takes to survive
All of these titles are available for pre-order.
Theresa Smith Writes 
That’s a solid effort! I’m a slow reader. 🙂
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Generally I’m very quick but some novels are worth lingering over so that always slows me down.
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Wow, lots of great titles there and each one sounds intriguing, I think I’ll add most of them to my ginormous TBR list.
That is a lot of books you’re reading for this month, I’m lucky if I get through two, maybe, three in the next week and a half.
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I can only try! Another arrived yesterday from Hachette, Kelly Rimmer’s newest. I have no doubt these will be spilling into March!
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I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on Ceridwen Dovey’s new title. I loved her short story collection Only the Animals so my expectations are high.
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It’s always with trepidation that I approach novels where my expectations are high based on previous works. Imagine how this may be for the author if we as readers feel it!
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So true Theresa, so very true…
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I’m looking forward to reading Limprecht, and I’d love to read Dovey as I missed her previous book and she sounds really interesting.
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The Limprecht was good. The Dovey is next in line to be read!
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