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The Frozen River
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The frozen body of a man is captive in the ice of Maine’s Kennebec River. Once he is cut free and laid ...Read Review
Iris
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Iris by Miles Franklin short-listee and multiform artist, Fiona Kelly McGregor, trails the journey of eponymous protagonist, Iris Mary Webber (née Shingles). ...Read Review
Chasing Eleanor
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During the Great Depression in 1935, riding the rails and standing in breadlines was part of daily life. Kerry Chaput’s main character, Magnolia ...Read Review
One Blood
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Lolo and Tommy’s marriage begins with a lie, originating in Lolo’s abusive childhood, the scars of which prevent pregnancy. But it ...Read Review
The Christmas Doll: A Repair Shop Story (Repair Shop Stories)
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This story opens in the present day when little Evie and her great-grandma, Sue, take an old doll named Lizzie to the Repair ...Read Review
Betrayal
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Set in the late 1700s in England, this is the story of a girl who goes from nothing to… well, nothing. Aggie, or ...Read Review
Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo
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September 1941, and Rosie Raja and her father visit a WAAF training school in England. The drive there has been, she surmises, an excuse ...Read Review
The Witch’s Lens (The Order of the Seven Stars)
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Set during WWI in the Carpathian Mountains, The Witch’s Lens adds a fantastical layer to the horror of the Great War. Alongside ...Read Review
The Butterfly Collector
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1922 Sydney. Verity Binks wants to be a reporter like her father and grandfather, but with soldiers coming home from the Great War, she ...Read Review
The Runaway Bride
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We first meet the Turner family when our protagonist’s father admires the fruits of his labours as he arrives at his stately ...Read Review