Reflections on a Classic... Wuthering Heights is the tale of two families both joined and riven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty … Continue reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Month: Aug 2023
Book Review: A Light in the Dark by Allee Richards
About the Book: The first year of high school brought Iris into a type of privilege she'd never felt part of. But then she found her place. The magic of performing in school musicals and the freedom of the stage opened her up to a new world. Her drama teacher gave her a glimpse of … Continue reading Book Review: A Light in the Dark by Allee Richards
Book Review: One Day We’re All Going to Die by Elise Esther Hearst
About the Book: At 27, Naomi is just trying to be a normal person. A normal person who works at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, who cares for lost things, found things, sacred things and her family. A person who finds herself going on bad blind dates, having cringe-worthy sex, a tumultuous, toxic affair, and … Continue reading Book Review: One Day We’re All Going to Die by Elise Esther Hearst
Book Review: Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou
About the Book: Two sisters. One fire. A secret that won't burn out. The Grayson sisters are trouble. Everyone in their small town knows it. But no-one can know of the secret that binds them together. Hattie is the light. Penny is the darkness. Together, they have balance. But one night the balance is toppled. … Continue reading Book Review: Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou
Book Review: Feast by Emily O’Grady
About the Book: Alison is an actress who no longer acts, Patrick a musician past his prime. The eccentric couple live an isolated, debauched existence in an old manor house in Scotland, a few miles outside their village. That is, until Patrick's teenage daughter, Neve, flees Australia to spend a year abroad with her doting, … Continue reading Book Review: Feast by Emily O’Grady
Book Review: Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
About the Book: When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta, is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis. Swearing that she will prove her … Continue reading Book Review: Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Book Review: The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers
About the Book: Layla Byrnes is exhausted. She's juggling a demanding job as an anaesthetist, a disintegrating marriage, her young kids, and a needy lover. And most particularly she's managing her histrionically unstable mother, who repeatedly threatens to kill herself. But this year, it's different. When her mother rings just before Christmas, she doesn't follow … Continue reading Book Review: The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers
Book Review: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
About the Book: Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody. White liesWhen Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song. Dark humourBut as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she … Continue reading Book Review: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Book Review: The Watchful Wife by Suzanne Leal
About the Book: Raised by her severe parents in a punitive and authoritarian church, Ellen's narrow world is upended when she meets Gordon, a fellow teacher. Responding to his interest with curiosity and, before long, pleasure, Ellen is both transformed and beguiled by the connection, love and laughter he brings into her life. Three years … Continue reading Book Review: The Watchful Wife by Suzanne Leal
Book Review: The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud
About the Book: The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread. There's serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to say about everything. As teachers they're trying to remain professional, as people they're unravelling fast. There's Tyson, first year … Continue reading Book Review: The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud
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