The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality
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A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winning author of The Natural Way of Things and The Weekend.
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A wise and moving story about a family navigating grief, hope, and healing through a bond with a new pet rabbit.
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“How rare, this delicacy—this calm, sweet, desolated wisdom.”—Helen Garner
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Australian Gospel: A Family Saga
From one of Australia's most brilliant writers, a dark comedy about the tangled fates of two couples and the children trapped between them
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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
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"Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now" —Le Monde
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The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
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Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were starting to creak ajar for women. Growing up in a poor farming family in country New South Wales but …
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A story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future set between rural Australia and London - from the bestselling author of The Bass Rock
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Gabriel's Moon
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant streets of sixties London to the sun-soaked cobbles of Cadiz and the frosty squares of Warsaw, as an …
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A Three Dog Life
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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
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