In The Secret Cure, an unusual novel which requires the reader simply to surrender to its extraordinary beauty, Woolfe successfully combines a complex, heart wrenching love story with explorations into Asperger’s Syndrome, autism, science, genetics, psychology, the human condition and the very nature of love.
The bulk of The Secret Cure is presented as the diarised [...]
Penguin $32.95 pb ISBN 9780718154394
This book is a clear winner and should find a place in the hearts of many readers. Populated by strong, interesting and gifted women, the novel has an appealing, feisty heroine, strong feminist elements and is an irresistible mix of fast-paced, supernatural thriller and historical fiction. Combine all this with the [...]
Pulp Fiction Press RRP: $21.95 pb ISBN 9780975112922 (2008)
A thriller about vampires narrated by a librarian and set in Melbourne? I’m in!
Not only does Lissa the librarian have a painful family history to deal with but she’s just starting to get over having been dumped by her loser boyfriend. Maybe going out with a hot, [...]
Featuring over 550 glorious colour photos, Wildlife of Australia is an engaging, accessible reference guide showcasing the full range of Australia’s wonderfully diverse biota.
Published by Scribe, paperback RRP AUS$32.95 ISBN 9781921640056
The Song is You is a dazzling and inventive ode to the enslaving and restorative powers of love and music. Phillips’s fourth novel plays out like the four movements of a symphony as it unfolds over Winter through Fall. At its centre is New-Yorker, Julian Donahue, a middle-aged [...]
