On the eve of the Second World War, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. Stephen's adventure begins when he meets four local residents - a...
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Author: Tsukiyama, GailSummary:Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: McKinley, TamaraSummary:Claire can't wait to escape the harshness of ranching life for college and a career in the big city. And Sydney in the 1960's seems much more exciting than Warratah Cattle Station.
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Author: Roberts, NoraSummary:When Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband, and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago....
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Author: Wodehouse, P. GSummary:
Bingo Little is now married to Rosie. But despite the watchful eye of his wife, Bingo still finds time for a flutter on the horses and unprofitable visits to the casino.
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Author: Steel, DanielleSummary:A young man killed in a car accident returns to Earth to visit his mother and to help those he cared for in life. A story written for all those who have ever wanted to make contact with the...
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Author: Thomas, RosieSummary:
Sadie's life is calm and complete. She is a mother, a good friend, and the robust survivor of a marriage she left behind. But now her father is dying and realises she can never make her...
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Author: Tsukiyama, GailSummary:Story goes back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamour in a vast silk factory from dawn til dusk. Leading the...
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Author: Tsukiyama, GailSummary:Bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama is known for her poignant, subtle insights into the most complicated of relationships. Dreaming Water is an exploration of two of the richest and most layered...
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Author: Walters, MinetteSummary:
November 1978. Britain is on strike. The dead lie unburied, rubbish piles in the streets and somewhere in West London a black woman dies in a rain-soaked gutter. A young woman who finds her...
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Author: Walters, MinetteSummary:Based on the true story of the 'Chicken Farm Murder' that took place in East Sussex in 1924, the author brings a thrilling interpretation to this real-life mystery.
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Author: Smith, TerrySummary:
The author was lucky enough to spend time working on Rottnest Island, where he got to know Bertram and the other quokkas (well, most of them - there are over 10,000 quokkas on the island!).
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Author: Smith, WilburSummary:
A powerful man and a beautiful woman fight against the forces of greed, evil and corruption as they attempt to save the native people and wildlife of Africa from extinction.
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Author: Smith, WilburSummary:
A sweeping drama that moves from the glitter of London society to the grandeur of Europe and the heat of Africa. Beautiful Isabella Courtney and her brothers are drawn into conflict with each...
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Author: Price, ColinSummary:
She came with courage and determination. This is the story of a young girl who came to the Avon Valley in Western Australia to be married at the end of the nineteenth century. Life was not easy...
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Author: Roberts, NoraSummary:
Mia Devlin knows what it's like to love with your whole heart - and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond, then he fled the Island, leaving...