Literature: Special Interest

Jean Bartlett's collection from a "lifetime's writings of a passionate, sensitive abd articulate author which wonderfully catpures the emotions of growning up between two world wars: living through the Great Depression and subsequent social and political upheaval; the deaths of f...ine young friends in the Spanish Civil War and WW2; dealing with middle age and growing old. Jean died in 2006 at the age of 94.
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A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ___________________________ 'Funny, endearing, mysterious and outrageous, this book is wildly entertaining and hugely enjoyable.' Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Love in Row 27 and Grace After Hen...ry ___________________________ On the idyllic Pine Road, three women are looking for a fresh start... Martha was a force of nature, but since moving to Dublin under mysterious circumstances, she can't seem to find her footing. Robin was the 'it' girl in school. Now she's back at her parents' with her four-year-old, vowing that her ex is out of the picture for good. Edie has the perfect life, but she longs for a baby, the acceptance of her neighbours, and to find out why her dream husband is avoiding their dream future. The friendships of these women will change their lives forever, revealing the secrets, rivalries and scandals that hide behind every door... ______________________________ 'Liane Moriarty meets Maeve Binchy meets Marian Keyes. I laughed, I cried, I shuddered, I was agog. This book is going to knock people's socks off.' Jo Spain, author of The Confession
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Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, THE SEALED LETTER is a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.

WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND FOR NON-FICTION 2019 Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains... In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detain...ed on Manus Island. He has been there ever since.People would run to the mountains to escape the warplanes and found asylum within their chestnut forests... This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile. Do Kurds have any friends other than the mountains? WINNER OF THE NSW PREMIER'S AWARD 2019 WINNER OF THE ABIA GENERAL NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD 2019PRAISE FOR NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS 'Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.' RICHARD FLANAGAN'The most important Australian book published in 2018.' ROBERT MANNE'A powerful account ... made me feel ashamed and outraged. Behrouz's writing is lyrical and poetic, though the horrors he describes are unspeakable' SOFIE LAGUNA'A poetic, yet harrowing read, and every Australian household should have a copy.' MAXINE BENEBA CLARKE'Bears lucid, poetic and devastating witness to the insane barbarity enacted in our name.' MICHELLE DE KRETSER'A chant, a cry from the heart, a lament, fuelled by a fierce urgency, written with the lyricism of a poet, the literary skills of a novelist, and the profound insights of an astute observer of human behaviour and the ruthless politics of a cruel and unjust imprisonment.' Arnold Zable, author of the award-winning Jewels and Ashes and Cafe Scheherazade'A shattering book every Australian should read' Benjamin Law (@mrbenjaminlaw 01/02/2019)'A magnificent writer. To understand the tr
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A powerful meditation on beauty and body image from the author of Eggshell Skull.