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Toni Jordan Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Harnessing the exquisite timing of the great comedies to the narrative power and emotional intelligence for which she is famous, Toni Jordan brings all her wit, wisdom and flair to this brilliant, hilarious novel. ‘A highly entertaining romp through the complexities of modern relationships’ Books + Publishing
hitMAn Anders And the MeAning of it All Jonas Jonasson Paperback RRP $ 29.99 A gangster, a vicar and a receptionist walk into a bar… Hitman Anders is fresh out of prison when he meets a female vicar and a hotel receptionist. Together they cook up an idea for a very unusual business – but then to everyone’s surprise, Anders finds Jesus…
Where the trees Were
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Inga Simpson Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Fredrik Backman Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Finding sacred carved trees forged a bond between four childhood friends. But their attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster, changing their lives forever. Seventeen years later, they have a chance to make amends. But at what cost? A beautiful novel from the awardwinning author of Mr Wigg and Nest.
running AgAinst the tide Amanda Ortlepp Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Erin is running away from her life, taking her two sons to a small town on the ruggedly beautiful Eyre Peninsula. In a small town where lives are tangled too closely together, old grudges flare, fingers are pointed and secrets are unmasked. Brimming with malice and threat, this is compelling storytelling from the bestselling author of Claiming Noah.
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Josephine Moon Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Joanne Harris Paperback RRP $ 32.99
Maria Lindsey has secrets to hide. Living on top of a secluded mountain is a good way to hide from the world... until her past begins to track her down. The surprising new novel about the astounding secrets we keep from those we love from the bestselling author of The Tea Chest.
After thirty years at St Oswald’s Grammar, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. But every so often there’s a boy who doesn’t fit the mould. A boy with hidden shadows inside. Dark and unsettling, this is the awesomely versatile Joanne Harris in her psychological thriller mode.
From the critically acclaimed author of the international phenomenon A Man Called Ove. A funny, poignant and uplifting tale of love, community, and second chances. Britt-Marie learns that life may have more to offer her than she’s ever realised, and love might be found in the most unexpected of places.
the one Who got AWAy Caroline Overington Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Loren WynneEstes appears to have it all: a handsome husband, a stunning home, a fleet of shiny cars and two beautiful daughters. Then one day a fellow parent hands her a note ... and suddenly everything’s at stake. An unsettling psychological thriller for fans of Girl on a Train and Gone Girl.
Book Month eVeryone BrAVe is forgiVen Chris Cleave Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Moving from Blitz-torn London to the Siege of Malta, this is a story of passion, loss, prejudice and incredible courage. In a powerful combination of both humour and heartbreak, this dazzling novel weaves little-known history, and a perfect love story though the vast sweep of the Second World War – showing us that it is the intimate losses, the small battles, the daily human triumphs, that change us most. This is the novel Chris Cleave was born to write.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chris Cleave’s debut novel Incendiary was a prize-winner and international bestseller and his second novel, The Other Hand has found phenomenal success both in the UK and abroad, hitting number one on the New York Times bestseller list. He is married with three children, and lives in Surrey.
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the MAndiBles: A fAMily 2029-2047 Lionel Shriver Paperback RRP $ 29.99 It is 2029. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune but the dollar is in meltdown. This is not science fiction. This is a frightening, scabrously funny glimpse into the decline that may await the US, from the pen of perhaps the most perceptive and topical author of our times.
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Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive Hardback RRP $ 27.99 Penguin the Magpie is a global social media sensation with over 113k followers on Instagram. But there is far more to Penguin’s story than meets the eye. It begins with an accident, in which Cameron’s wife, Sam, suffers a near fatal fall that leaves her paralysed and deeply depressed. Penguin’s rescue and the incredible joy and strength she gives Sam and those around her demonstrates that friendship and support can come from unexpected quarters, ensuring there are always better days ahead.
True life stories sCAttered peArls
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Sohila Zanjani with David Brewster
Alexandra Joel
Helen Garner
Paperback RRP $ 34.99
Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Spanning more than a hundred years, Scattered Pearls tells the true stories of Sohila, her mother and grandmother and the injustice and abuse meted out by the men in their lives. A courageous story of cultural misogyny in both Iran and Australia, and of an ongoing search for a loving, equal relationship.
The scandalous true story of an Australian woman who enchanted British society. While Rosetta revelled in a life few women of her time would have dared to embrace, she hid her secret shame: the daughter she had abandoned. This is the compelling tale of Alexandra Joel’s quest to uncover the truth about her great-grandmother.
Everywhere I Look includes Garner’s famous and controversial essay on the insults of age, her deeply moving tribute to her mother and extracts from her diaries, which have been part of her working life for as long as she has been a writer. Everywhere I Look glows with insight. It is filled with the wisdom of life.
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Julia Leigh
Yolanda Bogert
Paula Heelan
Paperback RRP $ 24.99
Paperback RRP $ 24.99
Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Acclaimed novelist Julia Leigh tells her own personal IVF story in unflinching detail – her late-blooming desire for a baby, what that did to her marriage, the increasingly tortured compromises and desperate attempts, the highs of hope and depths of disappointment. Avalanche is a courageous, compelling and ultimately wise account of a profoundly important and widespread experience.
Yolanda Bogert, a mum from regional Queensland, made worldwide news in December 2014 when she placed a birth retraction notice in a Brisbane newspaper, announcing the arrival of a wonderful son, and not daughter. This is the story of Yolanda and Kai dealing with acceptance, religion and tradition in a heart-warming story of love in transition.
Funny, dramatic and sweet, these real-life stories come from Australian midwives working in the outback, where they share their experiences of that most commonplace but miraculous event, the birth of a child. For these women, midwifery is not just a job − it’s a committed and passionate way of life.
life As i knoW it
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the ConViCt’s dAughter
Michelle Payne
Naomi Simson
Kiera Lindsey
Paperback RRP $ 32.99
Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Paperback RRP $ 32.99
Michelle Payne rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. But hers was no overnight success story, so when she declared anyone who said women couldn’t compete could ‘get stuffed’, the nation cheered. Her story is about hope triumphing over adversity, and how true character made a winner.
You have an idea, you think it might have potential — perhaps people will even spend their hard-earned cash on it... if you could just get started. In Ready to Soar, much-loved Australian entrepreneur Naomi Simson will show you how to develop your brilliant idea into a thriving business.
This is a compelling biography of a currency lass born when convicts were still working the streets of Sydney. Starting with just a newspaper clipping, historian Kiera Lindsey has uncovered the world of her feisty great, great, great aunt, who lived and loved during a period of dramatic social and political change.
Adult colouring Millie MArottA’s Wild sAVAnnAh Millie Marotta Paperback RRP $19.99 Be whisked away to the swaying grasslands of the savannahs, not only in Africa, but also Asia and Australia. The haunting acacia trees and tall grasses are the backdrop to a world of wonderful creatures.
enChAnted forest Artist’s edition; enChAnted forest noteCArds Johanna Basford Paperbacks RRP $ 29.99/ $ 21.99 The special artist’s edition of Enchanted Forest features 20 beautiful, pull-out art prints for colouring in. Also available Enchanted Forest Notecards.
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Colouring Country
Kelsey Montague
Ros Moriarty
ultiMAte trAVelist Colouring Book
Paperback RRP $19.99
Paperback RRP $ 24.99
Lonely Planet
When Kelsey Montague painted a huge mural of wings on a New York wall and invited people to become part of art and post at #WhatLiftsYou, she created a unique celebration of life. Now Kelsey’s exquisite works are at your fingertips.
Colouring Country features 42 full-colour reproductions of superb Indigenous Australian artworks, each with a colouring template and a description of its story and cultural context from the Dreamtime.
Taken from Lonely Planet’s bestselling book Ultimate Travelist, you can now colour in the top 100 places in the world, as voted by Lonely Planet’s travel experts.
Paperback RRP $ 22.99
Cook up a feast Australia Cooks
A Kitchen In The Valley
Best Kitchen Basics
Kelli Brett
Sally Wise
Mark Best
Hardback RRP $ 49.99
Hardback RRP $ 45.00
Hardback RRP $ 59.99
There’s no doubt that the food culture in regional Australia is flourishing. From Capricornia to Tasmania, the Kimberley to the Hunter, our food growers and artisans supply us with some of the world’s best produce. And now the locals get to share their best-kept secrets, favourite ingredients and recipes with the rest of the country.
Surfing the Menu Dan Churchill & Hayden Quinn Hardback RRP $ 49.99 Escape on an epic adventure around Australia with Dan Churchill and Hayden Quinn; soon to be seen on ABC TV. Discover the spectacular natural diversity of the north of Australia, from Broome to Byron, with two of Australia’s favourite food lovers and cooks, and enjoy 80 amazing recipes, inspired by local growers and food producers.
Bestselling author Sally Wise has won countless fans for her no-nonsense recipes and delicious, nutritious food. Now she brings together the best of her farmhouse kitchen recipes in a beautiful, full colour cookbook. A Kitchen in the Valley showcases more than 100 of Sally’s recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and afternoon tea.
No longer are high-end techniques or recipes the sole domain of restaurants - Mark Best breaks it down, putting the individual elements of each recipe into the home cook’s hands and empowering them to think differently. It includes 100 original recipes built around 30 accessible ingredients - from eggplant to chocolate and eggs.
The Good Life; Super Green Smoothies Sally Obermeder & Maha Koraiem Paperbacks RRP $ 34.99/ $19.99 Get lean, feel great, look fabulous! Sally and Maha’s recipes are focused on easyto-make meals and a super green lifestyle to keep you feeling satisfied, energised, lean and strong. Kick-start your way to weight-loss, energy and all-round good health with The Good Life and Super Green Smoothies.
Kitchen Garden Companion: Growing Stephanie Alexander Hardback RRP $ 49.99 Be encouraged by detailed gardening notes that explain how you can plant, grow and harvest 73 different vegetables, herbs and fruit. Whether you have a large plot in a suburban backyard or a few pots on a balcony, you will find everything you need to get your kitchen garden started in this fully updated paperback edition.
More great gifts Consider The Clothes Line
This Annoying Domestic Life
L’art de la Simplicite
Andrijich Frances & Maushart Susan Hardback RRP $ 24.95
Oslo Davis
Hardback RRP $ 24.99
Photographer Frances Andrijich’s unusual fascination with the clothesline has made the world just a little brighter. Paired with Susan Maushart’s witty and illuminating text, these images are by turns whimsical, meditative and transgressive, and have all the intoxicating freshness of a basket of sun-dried sheets.
Daffodil Helen O’Neill Hardback RRP $ 35.00 By telling the story of the Daffodil, award-winning writer Helen O’Neill is really telling the story of humanity. It’s a narrative of progress from superstition and myth, taking in politics, greed, religion, science, chance, redemption and love. But, above all, a story of hope.
Paperback RRP $ 9.99 Designed for mums, dads, kids and old people on all levels of the angst spectrum, This Annoying Domestic Life: A mindless colouring book for the whole goddamn family is less complicated than a divorce and cheaper than sending everyone to a shrink.
Bruce Postle: Women of Australia Bruce Postle Softcover RRP $ 29.99 Women of Australia presents 150 of Bruce Postle’s greatest images portraying the lives of women in Australia over half a century: from childhood, recreation, vocations and partnerships, to activism, public life and trailblazing. Within these pages are the famous and the infamous, the expected and the unexpected, the quiet achievers and the Aussie battlers.
Dominique Loreau If simplicity is an art, then Dominique Loreau is a master. Her lifestyle rests on the principle of ‘less is more’, and imbues all areas of existence, from the material to the spiritual. She captured her philosophy in the groundbreaking, international bestseller L’art de la Simplicite.
How It Works: The Mum Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris Hardback RRP $19.99 This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope.
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For all mums who like food, wine and romance DUST ON THE HORIZON Tricia Stringer Paperback RRP $ 29.99 From bestselling author Tricia Stringer, a stunning historical saga of love, greed and the struggle to build new lives in the most challenging of landscapes, Australia’s Flinder Ranges. Honour battles treachery and changes the fate of three families forever.
STANDING STRONG Fiona McCallum Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The bestselling author of Paycheque and Nowhere Else returns with the sequel to Wattle Creek where community spirit is put to the test. Psychologist Jacqueline Havelock and farmer Damien McAllister discover that life can change as quickly as the fickle weather. Is the Wattle Creek community strong enough to stand together and help?
. . . so all mums. www.nerobooks.com
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A BotAniCAl life: roBert dAVid fitZgerAld Penny Olsen Paperback RRP $ 34.99
ColleCting lAdies: ferdinAnd Von Mueller And WoMen BotAniCAl Artists Penny Olsen Paperback RRP $ 24.99
the AustrAliAn houseWiVes MAnuAl Hardback RRP $ 9.99
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