Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
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Category: Modern Literature | Series: A\Key to All Mythologies Ser.
A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEARSet in a historical moment of moral crisis, Crossroads is the stunning foundation of a sweeping investigation of human mythologies, as the Hildebrandt family navigate the political and social crosscurrents of the past fifty yearsA WHITE ...Show more
Crushing by Genevieve Novak
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Getting over someone is not that difficult. All you have to do is focus on every negative thing about them for the rest of your life until you forget to stop actively hoping for their slow and painful death, the ...Show more
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
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Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: Adult
A sweeping, emotionally riveting novel with over one million copies sold--an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their ...Show more
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
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Category: Modern Literature
'They kill us, they crucify us, they throw us to beasts in the arena, they sew our lips together and watch us starve. They bugger children in front of their mothers and violate men in front of their wives. The temple priests flay us openly in the streets. We are hunted everywhere and we are hunted by ev ...Show more
Dawn on a Distant Shore (#2 Wilderness) by Sara Donati
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Category: Modern Literature | Series: Into the Wilderness Ser.
The sequel to the bestselling Into the Wildernessis an epic tale of romance and adventure, from the savage beauty of the New World to the wilds of Scotland.It is February 1794, and while fiercely independent Elizabeth Bonner gives birth to twins, her husband, the frontiersman Nathaniel, learns that his ...Show more
Day by Michael Cunningham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious - and learning to go on. April 5th, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabe ...Show more
Days of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy Treloar
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Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: very good
For all her life, Till, now twenty-three, has lived in the shadow of the abduction of a childhood friend, and her tormented half-wondering about whether she might have been able to stop it. Finally, at the age of twenty-three, Till flees her past and the hovering presence of her fearful parents. In Wiro ...Show more
Devotion by Hannah Kent
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Category: Modern Literature
'A glorious love story' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award From the bestselling author of Burial Rites, Devotion is a stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist. Hanne and Thea's friendship is a miracle. ...Show more
Earth by John Boyne
$29.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
It's the tabloid sensation of the year - two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his island home, h ...Show more
Edenglassie: Longlisted for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award by Melissa Lucashenko
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Category: First Nations
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with ...Show more
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
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Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: very good
No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen ...Show more
Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
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Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: good
On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious y ...Show more