The Silence Project by Carole Hailey
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by her vow of silence, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her followers a ...Show more
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
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Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: good
WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - Sunday Times At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through th ...Show more
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
$22.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: very good
Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Achilles, “best of all the Greeks,” is everything Patroclus is not -- strong, beautifu ...Show more
The Strangers: Book two: The Stranger family trilogy by Katherena Vermette
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Circle, The Strangers is the middle instalment in this heart-rending, utterly immersive Indigenous family saga now in B-format, with a series tie-in cover. Cedar has nearly forgotten what her family looks like. Phoenix has nearly forg ...Show more
The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything by Kara Gnodde
$34.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Meet Art and Mimi Brotherton. Devoted siblings and housemates, they’re bound together by the tragic death of their parents. They agree on not quite everything. Art thinks people are incapable of making sensible decisions, especially when it comes to love. That’s what algorithms are for. Mimi knows her b ...Show more
The Tying of Threads (#6 Woody Creek) by Joy Dettman
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Category: Modern Literature | Series: Woody Creek
Georgie - Independent and spirited, Georgie is her mother's daughter through and through. But after a house fire takes the life of her sister, Margot, and burns her home to the ground, Georgie is lost. She flees town with nothing but a cardboard box and the determination to be somebody, anybody, else. C ...Show more
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry: The uplifting and redemptive No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller by Rachel Joyce
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Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: very good
"When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To s ...Show more
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
An unforgettable novel about the enduring power of connection in a world of increasing distance, from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend 'I just adore Sigrid Nunez' Paula Hawkins 'Nunez is unparalleled when it comes to tapping into the immediacy of grief, love, and exhau ...Show more
The Work by Bri Lee
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
The intersections between art, life, power and privilege are explored in this first work of fiction from the bestselling author of Eggshell Skull. Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying off. Pat is a scholarship boy desperate to establish himsel ...Show more
They're Going to Love You by Meg Howrey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
'My idea of a perfect book. It is about art, life, death, love, and family and it is beautifully and sharply written. I cried several times while reading it, and was sorry to let it go when I was done. I cannot recommend it enough.' Jami Attenberg Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional balle ...Show more
Things She Would Have Said Herself by Catherine Therese
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
For those who loved Olive Kitteridge and Boy Swallows Universe comes a darkly funny, deeply moving novel told with breathtaking originality and dazzling talent. Leslie Bird loves being a wife and mother but loathes her husband and children. The only person she ever loved was born dead. Meet Leslie Bird, ...Show more
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
$34.99 AUD
Category: Booker Prize Longlist 2024
June1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, devoted husband and father, currently posted as naval attache in Salonica - bids farewell to his beloved wife, aunt and children, placing his faith in God that they will be reunited after the war. But escaping the viol ...Show more