Alice Lewin survived the war as a young child. After decades of burying her past she decides to visit the Kindertransport archive, where she learns of the existence of a possible relative, Henry Lewin. She travels to Australia to hear...
Australian fiction
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Auteur:GOLDSMITH, AndreaSommaire: - Auteur:KENEALLY, ThomasSommaire:
The true story of an officer from the First Fleet and his production of "The Recruiting Officers" - Australia's first theatrical venture. But this is only part of an enthralling story of this time.
- Auteur:Morrissey, DiSommaire:
Three women, facing uncertain futures, form an unlikely friendship in Australia's remote opal fields. Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she made many...
- Auteur:IRVINE, IanSommaire:
The world's climate is in chaos. Rising seas have flooded out half a billion people. Hundreds of millions of refugees are pouring into the west, the global economy is collapsing and democracies are being crushed by the anti-...
- Auteur:COWAN, PeterSommaire:
This novel re-creates the cultural life and landscape of the 1940's in Perth and Melbourne and re-assesses the achievements of the post-war world.
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Auteur:McTiernan, DervlaSommaire:It all started with a little favour ... Police corruption, an investigation that ends in tragedy and the mystery of a little girl's silence - three unconnected things that will prove to be linked by one small town. While Detective...
- Auteur:BARRETT, Robert GSommaire:
Latest Les Norton adventure, moves from the corridors in Canberra to the grimy tenements of Belfast, to climax in a nerve-shattering shootout on a survivalist fortress in the Tweed Valley.
- Auteur:JINKS, CatherineSommaire:
In 1814, Dorothea Brande leaves her quiet Devonshire home and accompanies her officer husband, Charles, to the colony of New South Wales. To escape the harshness and brutality of existence, and with help from her manservant she develops...
- Auteur:Lamprell, MarkSommaire:
A funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man. Michael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the...
- Auteur:Laguna, SofieSommaire:
Told from the mesmerising point of view and in the inimitable voice of Jimmy, this is an extraordinary novel about a poor family who is struggling to cope with a different and difficult child.
- Auteur:LONG, William StuartSommaire:
For over 20 years the Blue Mountains have hemmed the settlers into a narrow strip of coastline too restrictive for their needs and numbers. But Jenny Taggart, now married, still retains her dreams of fertile plains and pastures. Sequel...
- Auteur:CORRIS, PeterSommaire:
A detective thriller set in Sydney and introducing Cliff Hardy, private investigator, who is paid to unravel problems the police can't or won't handle.
- Auteur:SHAW, PatriciaSommaire:
As soon as Hans-Albert Ritter arrives in Bundaberg to take on his role as pastor for a settlement of German emigrants, it's not long before trouble starts brewing in the community.
- Auteur:Williams, PipSommaire:
The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as...
- Auteur:Napier, RossSommaire:
Book Three in the famous series by Ross Napier that is also a well known radio serial.
- Auteur:CORRIS, PeterSommaire:
Crawley's misgivings about the validity of his mission to a South Pacific island prove well founded as he fights to escape with his life.
- Auteur:Le, NamSommaire:
Stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea--while taking us to the heart of what is means...
- Auteur:UPFIELD, ArthurSommaire:
Absorbing mystery of the Australian outback. Another "Boney" sleuth story.
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Auteur:RYAN, TracySommaire:Cody is an intelligent but alienated high school drop out who doesn't know where she fits. Kylie is a pretty young wife whose great, though intermittent, sex life with her husband is threatened by her burgeoning religious beliefs....
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Auteur:ZWI, RoseSommaire:Cultural diversity, short stories
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