Don and Rosie are about to face their most important project.Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn’t fitting in with the other kids, and they'd like Don and Rosie to
After a year apart, Maryanne returns to her husband, Roy, bringing their eight-year-old son Daniel and his teenage sister Freya with her. The family move from Sydney to Newcastle, where Roy has bought
Emcke, a former war correspondent, turns her reporter’s eye to her own experiences, exploring questions about identity, sexuality and love. Emcke draws back the veil on how we experience desire, no ma
Having just returned from a trip to Sicily, the art historian, Noah Glass is discovered floating face down in the swimming pool at his Sydney apartment block. His grieving adult children Martin and Ev
Two mysterious, bedraggled strangers appear in a small country town. They are fleeing trauma of which they are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to speak. The townspeople want answers. Before long, wary h
"A masterful writing style that is not only unique in biology but without equal in the whole of Dutch literature. The Story of Shit shows Dekkers once again to be in possession of a golden pen." —New
"A celebration of family life in the context of the thousand natural shocks that it is heir to in modern times." —Book WorldAthena and Dexter Fox lead a contended family life. Dexter is gregarious and
Told in five parts, the novel traces the life story of Liv, from the beginning of her sexual life, to eventual transcendence of her own body. Some time in the near future, university lecturer Caspar r
Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beauty—then the headaches started. Like perhaps a quarter of the population, Grenville reacts badly to the artificial fragrances around u
"A brave and tender book about everything that matters most in life."?Cate Blanchett"A remarkable memoir, that weaves the tragedy of twentieth century history into a personal narrative of coming to te
Set in Berlin and Leningrad between 1938 and 1941, GOOD PEOPLE focuses on the lives of Thomas and Sasha, forced by circumstances to make decisions with far-reaching consequences. Compulsively readable
In the nation’s capital, the Minister for Border Integrity is set to announce a hardline policy about offering assistance to asylum-seekers in boats. A group of Australian surf tourists have anchored
When a mummified Viking corpse is discovered on Greenland ice sheet, journalist Matthew Cave is sent out to report on the finding. The next day, the mummy has disappeared. The body of the police guard
"A fast, twisty read for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn." —Booklist on The Trap"The tables turn and turn again, while the reader's trust in the narrator's credibility is tested to the max." —
Harry Belltree’s obsessive pursuit of justice has cost him everything—his job in homicide, his marriage and his newborn child. He has nothing left to lose, or so he thinks. Then his estranged wife dis
