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The Younger Wife
$22.99
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister and The Mother-in-Law with new novel Darling Girls out soon. The moment she laid eyes on Heather Wisher, Tully knew this woman was going to destroy their lives. Tully and Rachel are murderous when they discover their father has a new girlfriend. The fact that Heather is half his age isn't even the most shocking part. Stephen is still married to their mother, who is in a care facility with end-stage Alzheimer's disease. Heather knows she has an uphill battle to win Tully and Rachel over, while carrying the burden of the secrets of her past. But, as it turns out, they are all hiding something. The announcement of Stephen and Heather's engagement threatens to set off a family implosion, with old wounds and dark secrets finally being forced to the surface. A garage full of stolen goods. An old hot-water bottle, stuffed with cash. A blood-soaked wedding. And that's only the beginning . . . SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2022 BEST DESIGNED COMMERCIAL FICTION COVER PRAISE FOR THE YOUNGER WIFE 'Smart, suspenseful, brimming with secrets. This is Sally Hepworth at her unputdownable best.' - Kate Morton 'At once familiar, wonderfully unpredictable and riveting. My kind of story.' - Rosalie Ham 'Completely compulsive. Sally Hepworth delivers with this stay-up-late one-more-chapter gem.' - Jane Harper 'Totally absorbing, brilliantly written and thoroughly enjoyable. An addictive, unputdownable read.' - Herald Sun 'Thrilling family drama' - Who WeeklyÂ
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Theft: By The Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Literature
$32.99
The new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa Selected as a book to look out for in 2025 by the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and BBC_________________________________________________________What are we given, and what do we have to take for ourselves? It is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people Karim, Fauzia and Badar are coming of age, and dreaming of great possibilities in their young nation. But for Badar, an uneducated servant boy who has never known his parents, it seems as if all doors are closed. Brought into a lowly position in a great house in Dar es Salaam, Badar finds the first true home of his life and the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. Even when a shattering false accusation sees Badar sent away, Karim and Fauzia refuse to turn away from their friend. But as the three of them take their first steps in love, infatuation, work and parenthood, their bond is tested and Karim is tempted into a betrayal that will change all of their lives forever.
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Theory & Practice
$32.99
Theory & Practice WINNER, STELLA PRIZE, 2025SHORTLISTED, THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025 SHORTLISTED, VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD, FICTION, 2025 'One of the living masters of the art of fiction.' Max Porter 'Michelle de Kretser is to my mind one of the finest writers alive and Theory and Practice a lightning strike of a book.' Ali Smith 'Michelle de Kretser, one of the best writers in the English language, has written her most brilliant book yet. It is, in short, a masterpiece.' Neel Mukherjee One of the most anticipated literary releases of the year, this gripping novel changes the game on what fiction can be and do. It's 1986, and 'beautiful, radical ideas' are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In bohemian St Kilda she meets artists, activists, students-and Kit. He claims to be in a 'deconstructed' relationship, and they become lovers. Meanwhile, her work on the Woolfmother falls into disarray. Theory & Practice is a mesmerising account of desire and jealousy, truth and shame. It makes and unmakes fiction as we read, expanding our notion of what a novel can contain. Michelle de Kretser, one of Australia's most celebrated writers, bends fiction, essay and memoir into exhilarating new shapes to uncover what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art. PRAISE- 'Thrillingly original.' Sigrid Nunez 'I loved it...raw, funny, truthful, youthful' Tessa Hadley 'Startlingly intelligent and stylish.' Jasmine Vojdani, New York Magazine 'Brilliant and mesmerising.' Gleaner 'Perfect for a summer read, but also with a timeless appeal.' Good Weekend 'Utterly absorbing.' Felicity Plunkett, Saturday Paper 'Ambitious and dazzling ' Men Yiman, Big Issue 'I've read it twice...The more you look at it, the more it offers you.' Kate Evans, ABC News 'Theory & Practice blazes with intelligence, passion and wit. I devoured it, greedily, in a single glorious sitting.' Sarah Waters 'Michelle de Kretser is a genius-one of the best writers working today. She is startlingly, uncannily good at naming and facing what is most difficult and precious about our lives. Theory & Practice is a wonder, a brilliant book that reinvents itself again and again, stretching the boundaries of the novel to show the ways in which ideas and ideals are folded into our days, as well as the times when our choices fail to meet them. There's no writer I'd rather read.' V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Women's Prize for Fiction and Carol Shields Prize award-winning Brotherless Night 'A brilliant account of what it means to be a feminist and wrestling with universal emotions that cannot be denied. It's a slim book, something you can finish in one glorious and insightful sitting.' Women's Agenda 'A thought-provoking narrative on desire, shame and moral complexities.' Harper's Bazaar 'De Kretser perceptively evokes how maternal figures, both birthright and adoptive, maintain a hold on us, despite our attempts to distance ourselves...A form-melding book contending with colonialism, the disharmony that can arise between our purported ideals and how we live, the depths of jealousy and shame, and motherhood and the maternal figures who shape us...An inquiry into what fiction can look like and what it can achieve.' Jack Callil, Guardian 'Sharp-witted and mesmerising...The narrator's clever political insights and beautiful depictions of art and literature offer readers a view into a captivating mind. De Kretser is at the top of her game.' Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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This Kingdom Of Dust
$18.37
Like the moon landing itself, a feat of enormous ingenuity imagining the lives of the Apollo mission heroes, and those on planet earth in the tumultuous 1960s.You'll never look at the Moon in quite the same way ever again. - Ceridwen DoveyThe whole world has just watched Neil and Buzz walk on the Moon. Now they are struck by terror- the lunar module's engine has failed. There is no back-up, no other way off the surface. If the astronauts can't fix the problem, they'll slowly run out of oxygen and die.This Kingdom of Dust explores this harrowing scenario through the intertwined narratives of three distinct voices- Buzz on the Moon, his wife Joan back on Earth, and Aquarius, the journalist compelled to craft a story he doesn't want to write.Marooned, Buzz confronts his fate with a mix of dread and awe. On Earth, Joan wrestles with grief and sacrifice against the backdrop of 1960s America - a nation riven by war and seismic social change.Caught between professional duty and personal turmoil, Aquarius soon discovers that he will need all his skill to capture this unfolding drama, and all his courage to follow it through to its breathtaking conclusion.With page-turning suspense and emotional heft, this reimagining of an epic moment in history combines public spectacle with private despair, reframing what the Moon landing has meant not only for the astronauts and those who loved them, but for all humankind.
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Three Juliets
$34.99
An intricately woven love story about mothers and daughters, and the ties - of both nature and nurture - that can never be broken. From the bestselling author of Star-crossed.THREE DRESSES . . . THREE DAUGHTERS . . . ONE SEARCH . . .In 1980, designer Claudie Miller is a household name. Girls are begging their mothers to make them her famous dress, the 'Juliet'. But there's a big hole in Claudie's life - sixteen years ago she was forced to give up her baby for adoption. Now she's in a race to track her daughter down before it's too late. In 1980, Roisin, Miranda and Bindi are turning sixteen on the same day. Raised in different families, in different parts of the country, they know nothing about each other . . . or their connection to the dress every teenager is talking about. But the Juliet was designed with one of them in mind - and its threads are slowly pulling them closer to the truth.'Three Juliets is unmissable. Exquisitely crafted, this story of adoption, longing and family is heartbreaking, tender and beautiful. Stitched together with Minnie Darke's ever vibrant characters and deep humanity, this story, like every baby born, is a small miracle.' HEATHER ROSE
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Time Together
$34.99
Once they were just them. Now they're forty-something and there's kids. Whose time is this? Phil is trying to feel closer to his recently passed mother by spending time alone at his parent's house on the coast. But he is lonely, and stupidly he's invited a bunch of old friends to visit. It's bound to be a mistake. All those children! But it's too late now, and tomorrow Bella and Tim will arrive with their two kids, one on the brink of puberty, and the next day Jo and Lucas will come too, with their little one. Then there's Annie, who will be by herself. The story of a beach holiday told by four different people, Time Together is a novel about different kinds of love, different kinds of loneliness, and the way spending time together can bring out the best and worst in each other. 'Time Together is a slow burn of a novel. Beautifully written and impossible to put down. I loved it.'-Sophie Cunningham, author of This Devastating Fever 'An artful, deliciously acerbic portrait of family, friendship, and the indignities of middle age. Horton is a master of domestic unease.'-Laura Elizabeth Woollett Praise for The Fogging-'Claustrophobic and vertiginous ... an unshrinking and skilfully drawn portrait of a decaying relationship. In restrained prose, Horton illuminates the darker edges of masculinity. His is a frequency finely tuned to silences, gaps of language and meaning, things left unsaid - and their cumulative weight. Like a brewing storm on an oppressive summer day, The Fogging is quiet but assured, building towards the thunderclap of its final pages.'-Jennifer Down, author of Our Magic Hour
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To The Moon
$32.99
'A zeitgeisty rags-to-riches tale' DAILY MAIL'An off-beat slice-of-life novel' SYDNEY MORNING HERALDThe bestselling South Korean phenomenon, To the Moon is a bittersweet tale of wealth and class, female friendship, and the promise of the future when good fortune seems to be just around the corner.In Seoul, three young women meet while working mundane desk jobs at a confectionary manufacturer. They become fast friends, taking their conversations out of the group chat as they bond over their 'average' employee report cards, the incompetence of their male team leader and a mutual longing for financial freedom amid mediocre raises.Eun-sang, the eldest of the group, is always looking for ways to earn extra money, but faces trouble at work after she opens a mini mart at her desk. Jisong, the youngest, dreams of a perfect romance with her Taiwanese boyfriend and spends her low salary on trips to Taipei. Meanwhile, Dahae searches endlessly for a better apartment albeit one she can actually afford.One day over lunch, Eun-sang announces a plan to make enough money to quit her job, by investing her life's savings in cryptocurrency. What's more, she thinks the others should join her. All they need to do, she says, is hold on tight and wait for the price to skyrocket . . . to the moon. But as the market begins to fluctuate and spiral out of their control, the fate of their friendships and their futures soon hangs in the balance.What readers are saying-'A propulsive story that kept me on the razor wire of anxious and hopeful''This book was like no other''Bittersweet and deeply relatable ... A must-read'
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Tuesday Evenings With The Copeton Craft Resistance
$22.99
A heartwarming story of friendship in an imperfect world, this is binge-worthy, feel-good fiction at its finest from one-to-watch debut author Kate Solly.
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Twist
$32.99
A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction from the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin **Named a 2025 book to look out for by the Observer, Financial Times, Irish Times and New European**'Urgent and utterly compelling' KEVIN BARRY 'One of our greatest storytellers' ELIF SHAFAK'A powerfully realist novel of men at sea - It speaks of the brokenness of our time, the successful and unsuccessful attempts at repairs, and the vulnerability of our world' SALMAN RUSHDIE ____________________________________________________Anthony Fennell, a journalist, is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea- the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world's information across the ocean floor - and what happens when they break. Â So he has travelled to Cape Town to board the George Lecointe, a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway. Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver - and Fennell is quickly captivated by this mysterious, unnerving man and his beautiful partner, Zanele. Â As the boat embarks along the west coast of Africa, Fennell learns the rhythms of life at sea, and finds his place among the band of drifters who make up the crew. But as the mission falters, tensions simmer - and Conway is thrown into crisis. A terrible, violent tragedy is unfolding in the life he has left behind on land; and, trapped out at sea, it seems as if the vast expanse of the ocean is closing in. Â Then Conway disappears; and Fennell must set out to find him. As taut and propulsive as a thriller, and a timeless exploration of narrative and truth, Twist is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.'Electrifying, propulsive ... A masterful exploration of the elemental forces at work just below the surface of all our lives' COLIN WALSH, author of Kala
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Venetian Lessons In Love
$34.99
Jenna Lo Bianco is 'The Italian Teacher', a passionate Italianist, and also a writer, educator and advocate for Italian language education in Australia. With nearly sixty publications to her name, Jenna is trusted to write about all things Italian. She is a past Fellow of the International Specialised Skills Institute and Italian Australian Foundation, and has written and consulted in educational publishing for more than a decade. Jenna may appear to live in Melbourne, but her heart and soul are Rome's most permanent residents. Follow Jenna on Instagram @the.italian.teacher.
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Very Impressive For Your Age
$34.99
A profoundly relatable debut novel about chasing your dreams and losing your ambition from a stunning new Australian voice.
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Voices In The Dark
$34.99
A powerful and poignant rural family story told by the acclaimed Fleur McDonald, bestselling author of Broad River Station and Into the Night.
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Watch Your Back
$24.99
Watch Your BackFrom USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation Tate James comes the second in an all-new trilogy. The second book in the Devil's Backbone series, a spicy and dark "why choose" romance series from TikTok sensation Tate James. Dear Reader, Just when you think it can't get any worse, the universe seems to take that as a personal challenge. The Devil's Backbone Society has their fingers everywhere. It's more than a secret society-it's a leash and a prison sentence. The elders insist it's about making connections that will help you for the rest of your life, but what they don't tell you is how long-or, in this case, short-your life might be. The society has already cost me-cost us. Blood. Sweat. Tears. Lives. Now, it may take more than what I have to give. A part of me wants to be here, wants to see this through to the end. But the rest of me? The rest of me worries that even if I watch my back, it won't be enough. How do I protect them? How do I protect these handsome, crazy, over-the-top men that I'm falling for? How do I save them from the society and themselves? And more importantly, how do I save myself?
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Watching Over Her
$34.99
The international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt 2023, with over 700,000 copies sold in France
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We Could Be Rats
$32.99
A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author ofEveryone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space. Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal. Having always resisted the idea of “growing up” and the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend, Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Sigrid was never close with her older sister, Margit, who is baffled and frustrated by Sigrid’s inability to conform to the expectations of polite society. Sigrid’s detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She’s haunted by the pains of her past—both distant, like when she pretended her parents were swamp monsters when they shook the floorboards with their violent arguments, and more recent, as she grapples with losing Greta’s friendship amid the opioid epidemic ravaging their town. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward. What unfolds is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their way back to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.
