2017 TOP READS
Find yourself a cosy spot and curl up with this season’s top reads.
AN UNCOMMON WOMAN
Nicole Alexander
Inspired by a real newspaper story from 1930,
An Uncommon Woman is an epic tale of duty,
ambition, prejudice and love, from the pen of
bestselling author Nicole Alexander.
It’s 1929, and the world is changing. Cars are
no longer the privilege of the rich. Hemlines are
rising. Movies are talking. And more and more
women are entering the workforce.
For Edwina Baker, however, life on her family’s
farm in Western Queensland offers little
opportunity to be anything other than daughter,
sister and, perhaps soon, wife.
But Edwina wants more. She wants to see the
world, meet new people, achieve things. The
question is, how far is she prepared to go, and
how much is she prepared to risk?
BEAUTY IN THORNS
Kate Forsyth
A spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’
set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-
Raphaelite artists and poets.
The Pre-Raphaelites were determined to liberate
art and love from the shackles of convention.
Ned Burne-Jones had never had a painting
lesson and his family wanted him to be a parson.
Only young Georgie Macdonald – the daughter
of a Methodist minister – understood. She put
aside her own dreams to support him, only to be
confronted by many years of gossip and scandal.
Bringing to life the dramatic true story of love,
obsession and heartbreak that lies behind the
Victorian era’s most famous paintings, Beauty in
Thorns is the story of awakenings of all kinds.
WRECK
Fleur Ferris
Tamara Bennett is going to be the first journalist
to strictly report only good news. Finished with
high school, Tamara is ready to say goodbye to
her sleepy little town and part-time job at the local
paper. O-weeks awaits, which means parties,
cute boys and settling into student res with her
best friend Relle.
Things take an unexpected turn, however, when
she arrives home to find her house ransacked
and her life in danger. What is this mysterious
note? And why does it mean so much to one of
Australia’s most powerful media moguls? Caught
between a bitter rivalry and dangerous family
secret, who can Tamara trust? Or should she
trust herself?
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