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Good Reading : May 2014
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GOOD READING MAY 2014 9 RIDING THIS ROAD BY JOY MCKEAN Australia’s queen of country music, Joy McKean, tells us about her career as a performer and songwriter, her decades of touring around Australia and her marriage of more than 50 years to Slim Dusty. Hachette $32.99 THE PROMISE BY TONY BIRCH Acollection of 12 blistering stories. A trio of amateur thieves are left in charge of a baby just moments before a heist. Two young friends find a submerged car in their local swimming hole and become obsessed by the mystery of the driver’s identity. The Promise looks at the lives of those who have loved, lost and wandered. UQP $22.95 THE ITALIANS AT CLEAT’S CORNER STORE BY JO RICCIONI In 1949 the arrival of an Italian family sets tongues wagging in the village of Leyton, an English farming community still recovering from the war. For 17-year-old Connie, however, the newcomers provide a tantalising glimpse of the wider world. This is a heartwarming tale of small-town life that explores love, prejudice and identity in the wake of World War II. Scribe $29.99 FOREIGN SOIL BY MAXINE BENEBA CLARKE In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated. It will challenge you and grab you by the heartstrings. This is contemporary fiction at its finest. Hachette $24.99 SAREE BY SU DHARMAPALA From the lush beauty of Sri Lanka, ravaged by bloody civil war, to India and its eventual resting place in Australia, a precious saree goes on a long journey. This is the story of a beautiful garment and the lives it changes forever. Simon & Schuster $29.99 CRIMSON DAWN BY FLEUR MCDONALD Since inheriting the property that’s been in her family for generations, self-reliant Laura Murphy has set up a successful school teaching women how to manage a property. But she could lose it all unless she reaches out. Allen & Unwin $29.99 COMPETITIONS May 2014 main Win copies of the seven marvellous Aussie books featured below in our Facebook competition in May. Put it in your diary, mark it on your calendar and watch our Facebook page from 1 May to get involved. Great Aussie Author FACEBOOK GIVEAWAY DREAMERS BY EZEKIEL KWAYMULLINA ILLUSTRATED BY SALLY MORGAN We are the dream and the dreamers. So begins this beautifully written and illustrated story that celebrates the imagination of children at play. Fremantle Press $29.95 9_gaafg_c.indd 9 2/04/14 9:07 PM
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