About the Book: The cost of freedom is sacrifice. London, 1908. It’s the dawn of a new century and change is in the air. When 17-year-old Beatrice Taylor stumbles across the offices of the infamous Pankhursts and the Women’s Social and Political Union she begins to realise her future may not be the one she wants. Her friend … Continue reading Book Review: Like Fire-Hearted Suns by Melanie Joosten
Month: May 2024
Book Review: This Has Been Absolutely Lovely by Jessica Dettmann
About the Book: Molly's a millennial home organiser about to have her first baby. Obviously her mum, Annie, will help with the childcare. Everyone else's parents are doing it. But Annie's dreams of music stardom have been on hold for thirty-five years, paused by childbirth then buried under her responsibilities as a mother, wage earner, … Continue reading Book Review: This Has Been Absolutely Lovely by Jessica Dettmann
Book Review: A Woman in Sardinia by Valeria Usala
(translated from Italian by Katherine Gregor) About the Book: A story of three generations of women, their courage and search for independence in the face of superstition and prejudice, in the spirit of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante. In this striking debut, based on a true story, Valeria Usala bears witness to an age-old story … Continue reading Book Review: A Woman in Sardinia by Valeria Usala
Book Review: All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler
About the Book: Elly and Enzo love each other.Elly and Enzo are breaking up.Now, everything must go. When Enzo suddenly walks out on Elly after ten years together, she finds herself marooned in an expensive East London flat, surrounded by all their belongings. She is shell-shocked. Inconsolable. She can't bear to look at the objects … Continue reading Book Review: All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler
Book Review: Long Island by Colm Tóibín
About the Book: A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world's finest writers. Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighbouring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children … Continue reading Book Review: Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Book Review: The Lost Letters of Rose Carey by Julie Bennett
About the Book: A stirring tale of mystery and romance, inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon and ‘million-dollar mermaid’ Annette Kellerman. BLUE MOUNTAINS, 2024: Working on a documentary at the historic Carrington Hotel, videographer Emma Quinn discovers a box of handwritten letters belonging to Rose Carey, water dancer and golden girl of the … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Letters of Rose Carey by Julie Bennett
Book Review: The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
About the Book: Henry dreams of silence. A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock. Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can drown out the clamour of the world – and everything Henry … Continue reading Book Review: The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins