Long Island by Colm Tóibín
$34.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teen ...Show more
Love Objects by Emily Maguire
$22.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
A stunning novel of great compassion and insight, from the author of the Stella Prize-shortlisted An Isolated Incident. Shortlisted for the 2022 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year. 'Bold, furious, unapologetic and deeply insightful.' Sofie Laguna, author of Infinite Splendours 'A stunning, immersive ...Show more
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid
$24.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Whenever I say I was at university with Eve, people ask me what she was like, sceptical perhaps that she could have always been as whole and self-assured as she now appears. To which I say something like: ‘People are infinitely complex.’ But I say it in such a way—so pregnant with misanthropy—that it’s ...Show more
Loveland by Robert Lukins
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Compelling, compassionate and profoundly moving, this new novel by the acclaimed author of The Everlasting Sunday confirms Robert Lukins as one of our finest writers. Two women stand in the shallows, a man dead at their feet, while around them buildings burn. Amid the ruins of a fire-ravaged amusement ...Show more
Maame by Jessica George
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but in my case, it means woman. Meet Maddie. To her mostly-absent mum, she's Maame, the woman of the family. To her dad, she's his carer - even if he hardly recognises her. To her friends, she's the one who still lives at home, who never puts herself first. It' ...Show more
Maggie by Catherine Johns
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
A priest unable to contain his desires; a schoolgirl starved for affection and hoping to escape from a violent, alcoholic father - this is the story of MAGGIE, based on an incredible true story. Dreaming of breaking free from her troubled family, Maggie becomes entangled instead in a taboo relationship ...Show more
Mallawindy by Joy Dettman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Born on the banks of a creek while her father is on a drunken rampage Ann Burton begins life unwanted and misunderstood. Six years later, when her favoured older sister disappears, Ann's life is shattered. As an unwitting witness to the events of that fateful day, her memory and her speech desert her, l ...Show more
Moon Sugar: A Novel by Angela Meyer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Mila can't shake her grief for the life she thought she'd have. She's broke, childless, and single. But her developing relationship with Josh, a 'sugar baby', opens her eyes to new possibilities.Then Josh goes missing on a trip to Europe - a presumed suicide. Mila, and Josh's best friend Kyle, are devas ...Show more
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
$24.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases. The Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run shop, is so packed ...Show more
Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year by Joanna Nell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Husband and wife GPs Alan and Heather Winterbottom have worked side by side in their idyllic rural practice for over forty years but now they've decided to hang up their stethoscopes and retire. Joy! Celebration! Or not . . . Heather dreams of exploring the Greek Islands, of escaping the shackles of her ...Show more
My Heart is a Little Wild Thing by Nigel Featherstone
$34.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Blood is thicker than water, but the heart is a little wild thing that can’t be tamed. The day after I tried to kill my mother, I tossed some clothes, a pair of hiking boots, a baseball cap and a few toiletries into my backpack, and left at dawn. Patrick has always considered himself a good son. Willi ...Show more
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
$16.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of re ...Show more