By Nicci FrenchISBN: 9781471179242Copy: Simon and Schuster Everyone comes to her for advice as she is trustworthy, a great friend and leads a normal , simple life ( or so they think ) but Neve has a big secret that no one knows about or do they? Her eldest child Mabel has had mental issues, her husband closets himself in his study, her home seems to have a revolving … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Model Wife
By Tricia StringerISBN: 9781489270863489 Pages / $32.99Copy: Harper Collins Australia The Model Wife by Tricia Stringer is a fantastic example of a great Australian family saga which I am sure many readers will relate to. Natalie and Milt have been married for many years and have three adult daughters. They live on a farm in country South Australia and ever since they … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The World That We Knew
By Alice HoffmanISBN: 978-1-4711-8583-0Simon and Schuster Australia The World that We Knew manages to be both devastatingly sad and luminously beautiful at the same time. It’s quite an extraordinary novel. I’m not always a great fan of magic realism; some writers seem to use it as a means to avoid plotting properly. Here, however, it adds a gentle patina that softens the … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Girl I Left Behind
By Andie Newton Copy courtesy of Head of Zeus Publishing Many thanks to Beauty and Lace Book Club and Head of Zeus publishing company for the opportunity to read and review the e-book edition of Andie Newton’s debut novel, The Girl I Left Behind. This confronting work is set in Munich in 1941 and focuses on the incredible and dangerous work undertaken by groups of … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Taking Tom Murray Home
By Tim SleeISBN: 9781460757864Imprint: HarperCollins - AU Author Tim Slee was the winner of the inaugural Banjo book prize, with his novel Taking Tom Murray Home. The Banjo prize, given by HarperCollins, is a quest to find Australia’s next great story teller and having read Taking Tom Murray Home I have to agree that Tim Slee is a great story teller. The story … [Read more...]