Tag: Penguin Books Australia

New Release Book Review: You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse
2019 Reviews · Britain · historical fiction · new release · World War I

New Release Book Review: You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse

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Title: You’ll Never See Me Again Author: Lesley Pearse Published: July 2nd 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars You have to keep running if you want to survive . . .  When her husband returns shell-shocked and broken from the Great War and his mother makes her life a misery, Betty Wellow discovers how bitter… Continue reading New Release Book Review: You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse

Book Review: The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy by B.M. Carroll
2019 Reviews · contemporary fiction · psychological · women's fiction

Book Review: The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy by B.M. Carroll

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Title: The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy Author: B.M. Carroll Published: September 3rd 2018 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars Sophie McCarthy is known for her determination, ambition and brilliance. She’s tough, but only because she wants to get the best out of people. Aidan Ryan is strong, honourable, and a family man. He’s tough… Continue reading Book Review: The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy by B.M. Carroll

New Release Book Review: A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird
#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · contemporary fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird

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Title: A Lifetime of Impossible Days Author: Tabitha Bird Published: June 4th 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 416 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars Meet Willa Waters, aged 8 . . . 33 . . . and 93. On one impossible day in 1965, eight-year-old Willa receives a mysterious box containing a jar of water and the instruction: ‘One ocean: plant… Continue reading New Release Book Review: A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird

New Release Book Review: Hitch by Kathryn Hind
#aww2019 · Australian · contemporary fiction · literary · new release

New Release Book Review: Hitch by Kathryn Hind

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Title: Hitch Author: Kathryn Hind Published: June 4th 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 256 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars Winner of the inaugural Penguin Literary Prize. Amelia stands beside a highway in the Australian desert, alone except for her dog and the occasional road train that speeds past her raised thumb. After her mother’s funeral, Amelia was confronted by Zach… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Hitch by Kathryn Hind

New Release Book Review: Love Song by Sasha Wasley
#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · new release · romance · rural fiction

New Release Book Review: Love Song by Sasha Wasley

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Title: Love Song Author: Sasha Wasley Published: June 4th 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Rural, Romance RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars The heart-warming new rural romance novel from the acclaimed author of Dear Banjo and True Blue. There was something about Charlie. Something about the way he questioned and teased her, brought her outside of herself … the way he’d made her… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Love Song by Sasha Wasley