Collection: Large Print - Fiction

Bellbird River, 1998. Teacher and single mum Alex has arrived in the small town of Bellbird River after escaping the city, in search of a change of pace and the chance to reconnect with her young daughter. Across town, well-known matriarch Victoria and her globe-trotting, opera-singing cousin Gab...

'Any rag and bone!' Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the back streets of Ryhope. She learnt the ropes from her dad when he returned from the War. But when tragedy struck, Meg had no choice but to continue alone. Now the meagre money she earns is the only t...

New South Wales, 1972. Following the death of her beloved Aunt Hilda, widow Clare Barclay inherits Bellevue, an historic property in the Blue Mountains township of Numbulla, Australia. Giving up her teaching job to move there, Clare plans to restore the house to its original glory. She also hopes...

The town of Little Woodford seems peaceful and picture-postcard beautiful, with its marketplace, ancient church, and immaculate allotments. But behind the tranquil facade, troubles are brewing.

In a tiny Yorkshire village, Harriet is lost in grief for Richard, her lover who died a year ago. His family blames her for the breakup of his marriage, but the truth is more complicated. Harriet has had no contact with them since Richard's death - until his daughter Niamh turns up on her doorste...

Ramshackle and crumbling, trapped in the past and resisting the future, St Saviour's Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and fight. Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of professional courtesy. Always an outsider, and...

It begins at the end. It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that's spanned three decades, or start again. They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love. But they...

It's 1940 and Britain is at war with Germany. For Cora Stubbs and her younger siblings this means being evacuated to the safety of the English countryside. But, little does Cora know that Hitler's bombs are nothing compared to the danger she will face in her new home, and she is forced to grow up...

1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia, Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and a kindly doctor, eventually making a fresh start in the town of Albany. Unexpected new friendships with two men, old gentleman George and dashing Connor, give her joy - but when she accepts an in...

Sophie Nash's outback pastoral station in South Australia's panoramic Flinders Ranges is in danger of going under, unless she can find another source of revenue. So when charismatic geologist Charlie Kendall arrives to camp on her property with his students, love is the last thing on her mind. In...