The Gift of Life… About the Book: You’ve been given the gift of life, now go live it. Gabby McPhee is the owner of The Tin Man, a chic new cafe and coffee roasting house in Melbourne. The struggles of her recent heart transplant are behind her and life is looking up – until a … Continue reading Book Review: The Gift of Life by Josephine Moon
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Book Review: The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell – #DNF
The Sparkle Pages... About the Book: A wonderfully original and heartfelt comic novel about one woman's mission to reignite the passion in her marriage - and rediscover herself. ‘Is marriage just a series of texts about where the children are and whether we need milk until one of you dies?’ Susannah Parks – wife, mother, … Continue reading Book Review: The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell – #DNF
Book Review: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair
The Cinema at Starlight Creek… About the Book: A heart-stirring novel of loss, love and new hope set against the glamorous backdrop of 1950s Hollywood and a small Australian country town. How far would you go to follow your dream? Queensland, 1994: When location manager Claire Montgomery arrives in rural Queensland to work on a … Continue reading Book Review: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair
Book Review: Daughter of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson
Daughter of Bad Times... About the Book: A suspenseful, truthful and compelling novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Roving Party. Rin Braden is almost ready to give up on life after the heartbreaking death of her lover Yamaan and the everyday dread of working for her mother's corrupt private prison company. But through … Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson
Book Review: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons
The Tiger Catcher... About the Book: Can true love ever die? The first novel in a beautiful, heartbreaking new trilogy from Paullina Simons, the international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes … Continue reading Book Review: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons
Book Review: Sixty Summers by Amanda Hampson
Sixty Summers... About the Book: Life is too short for compromise … When Maggie, Fran and Rose met in their youth, they had dreams and ambitions. Forty years later, the three friends are turning sixty, each of them restless and disenchanted with their lives. Fran works in a second-hand bookshop. Her lover, one of a … Continue reading Book Review: Sixty Summers by Amanda Hampson
Book Review: The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
The Doll Factory... About the Book: The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession. London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of … Continue reading Book Review: The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Book Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
The Night Tiger... About the Book: A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take … Continue reading Book Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Book Review: Cape May by Chip Cheek
Cape May... About the Book: SEPTEMBER 1957 Henry and Effie, young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon. It's the end of the season and the town is deserted. As they tentatively discover each other, they begin to realize that everyday married life might be disappointingly different from their happily-ever-after … Continue reading Book Review: Cape May by Chip Cheek
Book Review: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek... About the Book: The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything—everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her … Continue reading Book Review: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
