Sunshine... About the Book: A tale of longing, loss and growing love under the bright Australian sun. It's 1921 and the Great War has left in its wake untold tragedy, not only in lives lost, but in the guilt of survivors, the deep-set scars of old wounds and the sting of redoubled bigotries. In the … Continue reading Pre-Release Book Review: Sunshine by Kim Kelly
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Bingo! The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book written by an Australian woman Not quite as easy to come up with a title for this category as you might have thought, which is why I've left it for so long. I have so … Continue reading Bingo! The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
New Release Book Review: The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
The Desert Nurse... About the Book: Amid the Australian Army hospitals of World War I Egypt, two deeply determined individuals find the resilience of their love tested to its limits. It's 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately wants to become a doctor. Her father forbids it, withholding the inheritance that would allow her to attend … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
New Release Book Review: The Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
The Jade Lily… About the Book: In 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century. In … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
New Release Book Review: Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband by Barbara Toner
Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband... About the Book: A charming and witty novel, set in a small country town in 1919. ‘When Adelaide Nightingale, Louisa Worthington, Maggie O’Connell and Pearl McCleary threw caution to the winds in the most brazen way imaginable, disgrace was bound to follow.’ It’s September 1919. The war is over, … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband by Barbara Toner
New Release Book Review: The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier
The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge… About the Book: 1932. Ernie and Lily Hass, and their daughter, Girlie, have lost almost everything in the Depression; all they have keeping their small family together are their secrets. Abandoning their failing wheat farm and small-town gossip, they make a new start on the west coast of Australia where … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier
An Early Look at The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier
The Secrets at Ocean's Edge... About: 1932. Ernie and Lily Hass, and their daughter, Girlie, have lost almost everything in the Depression; all they have keeping their small family together are their secrets. Abandoning their failing wheat farm and small-town gossip, they make a new start on the west coast of Australia where they begin … Continue reading An Early Look at The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier
Book Review: Beneath the Parisian Skies by Alli Sinclair
Beneath the Parisian Skies... About: Lily Johansson returns to Paris, the city that broke her heart and destroyed her ballet career, hoping to ease the guilt over her fiance's death and to make amends with her estranged sister Natalie, a ballerina with the Boheme Ballet. Terrified of loving again, Lily nevertheless finds herself becoming entangled … Continue reading Book Review: Beneath the Parisian Skies by Alli Sinclair
Book Review: Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms... Book Description: 5 August, 1944: Over 1000 Japanese soldiers attempt to break out of the No. 12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. In the carnage, hundreds are killed, many are recaptured and imprisoned, and some take their own lives rather than suffer the humiliation of ongoing … Continue reading Book Review: Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Book Review: A Letter from Italy by Pamela Hart
A Letter from Italy... Book Description: Inspired by the life of the world's first woman war correspondent, Australia's Louise Mack, the most sweeping love story yet by Pamela Hart. 1917, Italy. Australian journalist Rebecca Quinn is an unconventional woman. At the height of World War I, she has given up the safety of her Sydney … Continue reading Book Review: A Letter from Italy by Pamela Hart
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