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
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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
Book Review: Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic
About the Book: Naomi started grief counselling prepared to run for cover as soon as her therapist, Mia, pulled out a crystal or tried to align her chakras. When Mia suggests that she join a support group, Naomi is sceptical: how could she begin to describe what it felt like to lose her sister, Jo? … Continue reading Book Review: Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic
Book Review: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
About the Book: A new mess.A new mystery.Molly the maid returns . . . Molly Gray wears her Head Maid badge proudly for every shift at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows, sweeping up the guests’ secrets, silently restoring rooms to a state of perfection. But when a renowned guest – a famous mystery writer … Continue reading Book Review: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Pre-Release Book Review: Sisterhood by Cathy Kelly
About the Book: As the waves crash on to a wild Atlantic beach, Lou is at a crossroads. For the first time ever, just giving up seems like an option. In just one night, at her own 50th birthday, her world has imploded. Her mother has kept a secret hidden all her life. And it … Continue reading Pre-Release Book Review: Sisterhood by Cathy Kelly
Book Review: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
About the Book: Maggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, but she’s fine – she’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s alone for the first time in her life, can’t afford her rent and her obscure PhD is going nowhere . . . but at the age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined … Continue reading Book Review: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
Book Review: The House that Joy Built by Holly Ringland
About the Book: The House that Joy Built is about the transformative power of finding joy through creativity, and offers a jump-start for anyone whose desire to create is flattened by fear. Fear of feeling vulnerable, of criticism and judgement from others, of not being good enough, of having 'bad' ideas, of being 'too much'. This … Continue reading Book Review: The House that Joy Built by Holly Ringland
Book Review: Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
About the Book: A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat. They've found themselves a home inside a van with four flat tyres parked in a scrapyard by the edge of the Brisbane River. … Continue reading Book Review: Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
Book Review: The Revels by Stacey Thomas
About the Book: The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin… England, 1645. After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession. In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between … Continue reading Book Review: The Revels by Stacey Thomas
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
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