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In March 1999, James Harper, a shy 28-year-old public servant, receives an unexpected call. The police want to discuss his young sister's suicide, nine years earlier.As the search for answers begins, James confesses that as a child he was abused by his stepfather. Could the two events be connecte...

There, in Panajachel, she meets two very different women: the calm and practical Emilie, and the turbulent and intoxicating Carmen. Deciding to stay and build a life at the lake, Ruth finds work first as a nanny to a wealthy local family, then as an English teacher at a village school. Meanwhile ...

Sarah Willis longs to free herself from the expectations of a privileged upbringing, while Winston Keller can' t afford the luxury of a dream. Despite their differences, the pair are drawn together in a whirlwind romance that defies the boundaries of class. But when a dark family secret pulls the...

Accidentally buying a Sicilian villa for just one euro is not the great Eat, Pray, Love game changer that Brian Chapman hopes it would be. Instead, tumbledown buildings, a shortage of plumbers, and resentful locals make Brian's drunken whim look like the biggest mistake of his chequered career so...

‘I get changed into my scrubs, relieved for the focus on other women’s bodies, making sure they feel safe, strong and worthy of respect. I know exactly the sort of midwife I want to be: the sort that I need.’From her first days as a junior midwifery student, through to birthing babies during lock...

In this honest and revealing memoir, Erin candidly looks back at her astonishing playing journey and life so far. As the daughter of Aussie Rules legend and Hall of Famer Greg Phillips, Erin's first sporting love was Australian Rules football, but at 13 years old she was forced to give up the spo...

In October 1943, four Australian soldiers left Biella in the foothills of the Alps in northern Turin, fleeing Italy's Nazi–Fascist regime. They spoke no Italian, and they had scant clothing and no food. With the help of local partisans, who offered support at great risk to themselves and their fa...

‘Powerful and mesmerising, Catching the Light is a brilliant portrait of the ways we are consumed by motherhood, art and the yearning for self.’—Shankari Chandran, Miles Franklin award–winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and Safe Haven‘Immediately gripping and thrillingly nuanced, thi...

A hidden treasure. A hotel heist. Only THE MAID can solve the mystery…Molly the maid is no stranger to secrets…She sees everything behind closed doors at the Regency Grand hotel: wiping away the dust and grime of guests passing through.But one secret lies much closer to home.An old trinket – a fa...

When plans are upended, who can turn them the right way up? Kind-hearted and practical psychologist Colin Palmer has spent decades helping his clients. Now he's under pressure to retire and hit the road in a new caravan with his wife Joyce. However, when Joyce abruptly heads off on her own advent...