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MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS MARCH
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THE SUMMER BEFORE THE WAR Helen Simonson Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Set in the idyllic beauty of a late Edwardian summer in the country, where the passionate pursuit of unexpected love and the village outrage over the arrival of a female Latin teacher will all be swept away by the onset of a war no one could imagine.
MAESTRA
AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD
L.S. Hilton Paperback RRP $ 29.99 March 16 release, advance orders welcome
Sex. Murder.Shoes. A shockingly original and darkly decadent thriller set in the exotic palaces and yachts of Europe’s seriously wealthy. Maestra marks the beginning of a razor-sharp and meteoric sequence of novels that will have readers around the world on the edge of their seats and holding their breath.
Tracy Chevalier Paperback RRP $ 29.99 As fever picks off James and Sadie Goodenough’s children, husband and wife take solace in separate comforts. Fifteen years later their son Robert is drifting through Goldrush California, haunted by the broken family he fled. A rich and powerful story; Tracy Chevalier is at her imaginative best!
NON-FICTION TALKING TO MY COUNTRY Stan Grant Hardback RRP $ 29.99 Talking To My Country is that rare and special book that talks to every Australian about their country – what it is, and what it could be. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all.
IN OTHER WORDS
YASSMIN’S STORY
Jhumpa Lahiri Paperback RRP $ 29.99 From the bestselling Pulitzer Prize winner, In Other Words is a memoir about her encounters living, speaking and writing in a language not her own. In Other Words is at heart a love story - of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied Paperback RRP $ 34.99 Fearless, funny and inspiring, Yassmin AbdelMagied is a young Muslim dynamo offering a breath of fresh air and hope. At 21, she was as an engineer on an Australian oil and gas rig – the only woman and certainly the only Muslim woman. This is her story – how she got there, where she is going, and how she wants the world to change.
CHILDREN’S & YA PIG THE WINNER Aaron Blabey Hardback RRP $16.99 Pig was a pug and I’m sorry to say if he didn’t come first it would ruin his day. Won’t he ever learn?! Pig, the world’s greediest Pug, won’t play fair. He’ll do anything to win! Another laugh-out-loud book from the bestselling creator of Pig the Pug and Pig the Fibber. Age: 3+
FRONT LINES Michael Grant Paperback RRP $19.99 1942. The fate of the world rests on a knife’s edge. And the soldiers who can tip the balance... are girls. Set in an alternate World War II where young women are called up to fight alongside men, this is the story of Rio Richlin and her sistersin arms. Age: 14+
BOOK OF THE MONTH
HATTIE HELPS OUT Jane Godwin & Davina Bell, Freya Blackwood (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.99 It’s a busy day at Hattie’s house. There’s a lot to do before Dad’s birthday party. Hattie is being very helpful, until it’s time for her afternoon nap. Hattie’s not even sleepy! But Mama looks tired. Very tired... A delightfully funny story from a winning combination of creators. Age: 3+
EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS: THE TALE OF SHIKANOKO Lian Hearn Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Lian Hearn has captivated readers worldwide with her Tales of the Otori. Now she brilliantly brings to life the world that existed 300 years earlier. Seething with intrigue, adventure and love, two rival clans struggle over who will be crowned Emperor of the Eight Islands, in a medieval Japan inhabited by warriors, assassins, ghosts and guardian spirits. Exclusive offer: Purchase a copy of Emperor of the Eight Islands and receive a beautiful wooden bookmark! *While stocks last.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lian Hearn’s beloved Tales of the Otori series has sold more than four million copies worldwide. Lian has made many trips to Japan and has studied Japanese. She read Modern Languages at Oxford and worked as an editor and film critic in England before emigrating to Australia.
OUR T P 20 1
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
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Credlin & Co: How the Abbott Government Destroyed Itself by Aaron Patrick
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
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The Story of a New Name: Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
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This is Gail: Life with and After Chris O’Brien by Juliette O’Brien
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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
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The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders
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The Story of the Lost Child: Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
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The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
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Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski
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The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
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The Life-changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo
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A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
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The Whites by Harry Brandt (Richard Price)
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The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
20 Carol: Film Tie-in by Patricia Highsmith
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