Author: Kate Solly
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1922930563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
'Joyous, warm and utterly charming - I smiled for days.' - Toni Jordan 'Warm, funny, and bighearted, Kate Solly stitches together a cast of characters here who will restore your faith in people power.' - Cate Kennedy Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends, only with her in charge, and because there would be no men. It comes as a nasty shock then when Luke, the handsome grandson of no-nonsense Edith, decides to stay and learn to crochet. Claire joins to escape her relentless children and Yasmin so that someone might ask her who she likes on Masterchef instead of asking the same five questions about her hijab. When plans for a new mosque wake the sleepy town, Copeton is stirred and Islamophobia bubbles to the surface. The Crochet Collective becomes the Craft Resistance, and this motley crew of fibre-arts enthusiasts begins to battle racism and bigotry with colour and creativity. But will the fragile threads of community be enough to bind them when more than one member has something to hide?
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance
Author: Kate Solly
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1922930563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
'Joyous, warm and utterly charming - I smiled for days.' - Toni Jordan 'Warm, funny, and bighearted, Kate Solly stitches together a cast of characters here who will restore your faith in people power.' - Cate Kennedy Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends, only with her in charge, and because there would be no men. It comes as a nasty shock then when Luke, the handsome grandson of no-nonsense Edith, decides to stay and learn to crochet. Claire joins to escape her relentless children and Yasmin so that someone might ask her who she likes on Masterchef instead of asking the same five questions about her hijab. When plans for a new mosque wake the sleepy town, Copeton is stirred and Islamophobia bubbles to the surface. The Crochet Collective becomes the Craft Resistance, and this motley crew of fibre-arts enthusiasts begins to battle racism and bigotry with colour and creativity. But will the fragile threads of community be enough to bind them when more than one member has something to hide?
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1922930563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
'Joyous, warm and utterly charming - I smiled for days.' - Toni Jordan 'Warm, funny, and bighearted, Kate Solly stitches together a cast of characters here who will restore your faith in people power.' - Cate Kennedy Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends, only with her in charge, and because there would be no men. It comes as a nasty shock then when Luke, the handsome grandson of no-nonsense Edith, decides to stay and learn to crochet. Claire joins to escape her relentless children and Yasmin so that someone might ask her who she likes on Masterchef instead of asking the same five questions about her hijab. When plans for a new mosque wake the sleepy town, Copeton is stirred and Islamophobia bubbles to the surface. The Crochet Collective becomes the Craft Resistance, and this motley crew of fibre-arts enthusiasts begins to battle racism and bigotry with colour and creativity. But will the fragile threads of community be enough to bind them when more than one member has something to hide?
Pictures of You
Author: Emma Grey
Publisher: Zibby Books
ISBN: 1958506486
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A PEOPLE Magazine's Best Book of November 2024 A November 2024 Book of the Month Selection What would you do if you could start over? Imagine having a second chance with the one you never forgot. From the author of the global breakout bestseller The Last Love Note comes the story of a young woman struggling to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragic accident, and the man who gives up everything to help her. Evie Hudson should be grieving her dead husband, but since the car crash that claimed his life and landed her in the hospital, she can’t remember him at all. The only person who can help her piece her past together is her high-school best friend Drew Kennedy. When snippets of her memory start falling into place, Evie wonders exactly how she ended up in a life that couldn’t be further from the one she dreamed of. This time around, she’s seeing all the things she missed—and the life she gets to choose . . . again.
Publisher: Zibby Books
ISBN: 1958506486
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A PEOPLE Magazine's Best Book of November 2024 A November 2024 Book of the Month Selection What would you do if you could start over? Imagine having a second chance with the one you never forgot. From the author of the global breakout bestseller The Last Love Note comes the story of a young woman struggling to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragic accident, and the man who gives up everything to help her. Evie Hudson should be grieving her dead husband, but since the car crash that claimed his life and landed her in the hospital, she can’t remember him at all. The only person who can help her piece her past together is her high-school best friend Drew Kennedy. When snippets of her memory start falling into place, Evie wonders exactly how she ended up in a life that couldn’t be further from the one she dreamed of. This time around, she’s seeing all the things she missed—and the life she gets to choose . . . again.
Pastures of the Blue Crane
Author: Hesba Brinsmead
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702234620
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Now back in print - One of Australia's most loved children's booksBrought up in the solitary environment of exclusive boarding schools, Ryl has learned to be independent, but when her mysterious father dies, her whole world changes. Part of her inheritance is a half-share in a dilapidated farm which she shares with a scruffy grandfather she meets for the first time. Pastures of the Blue Crane won the CBCA Book of the Year award in 1965, and has been loved by generations of Australian readers since. Set in the lush subtropics of Northern New South Wales, this classic story is both a moving portrait of family life, and a remarkable insight into a different Australia.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702234620
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Now back in print - One of Australia's most loved children's booksBrought up in the solitary environment of exclusive boarding schools, Ryl has learned to be independent, but when her mysterious father dies, her whole world changes. Part of her inheritance is a half-share in a dilapidated farm which she shares with a scruffy grandfather she meets for the first time. Pastures of the Blue Crane won the CBCA Book of the Year award in 1965, and has been loved by generations of Australian readers since. Set in the lush subtropics of Northern New South Wales, this classic story is both a moving portrait of family life, and a remarkable insight into a different Australia.
The Secret Science of Magic
Author: Melissa Keil
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1743584849
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Joshua – a magic-loving nerd – has a huge crush on Sophia. She’s an actual genius, especially when it comes to maths, but finds relationships much trickier to decipher. She tells herself she doesn’t have time for one, anyway; her life plan revolves around finishing year twelve and, after that, university. But, as she and Joshua get to know each other, Sophia can’t help wondering: what if there’s more to life than academics? And what if there are more pluses than minuses in taking a risk? Now, Sophia’s faced with a problem no amount of studying can solve: what’s the formula for balancing life and love? From Melissa Keil, the award-winning author of Life in Outer Space and The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, comes this captivating novel about first romance, owning your choices, and what to do when your lifelong dreams no longer equate to happiness. Shortlisted for the 2018 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers Longlisted for the 2018 Indie Book Awards: Young Adult, 2018 ABDA Awards: Best Designed Children's Fiction Book A 2018 CBCA Notable Book of the Year for Older Readers
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1743584849
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Joshua – a magic-loving nerd – has a huge crush on Sophia. She’s an actual genius, especially when it comes to maths, but finds relationships much trickier to decipher. She tells herself she doesn’t have time for one, anyway; her life plan revolves around finishing year twelve and, after that, university. But, as she and Joshua get to know each other, Sophia can’t help wondering: what if there’s more to life than academics? And what if there are more pluses than minuses in taking a risk? Now, Sophia’s faced with a problem no amount of studying can solve: what’s the formula for balancing life and love? From Melissa Keil, the award-winning author of Life in Outer Space and The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, comes this captivating novel about first romance, owning your choices, and what to do when your lifelong dreams no longer equate to happiness. Shortlisted for the 2018 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers Longlisted for the 2018 Indie Book Awards: Young Adult, 2018 ABDA Awards: Best Designed Children's Fiction Book A 2018 CBCA Notable Book of the Year for Older Readers
100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze
Author: Clayton Zane Comber
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460713060
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Can a list save a life? Xander Maze loves lists, and his grandmother is #1 on his list of People I Love Most in the World. But now that Nanna has stage 4 cancer, can a new list of 100 Remarkable Feats really save her? Particularly when his list contains difficult things like #2 Make a Friend and #3 Make a Best Friend - plus #10 Kiss a Girl (preferably Ally Collins, the girl of Xander's dreams). Funny, moving and with a protagonist you can't help but fall in love with, 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze is a book about: 1. Never accepting the unacceptable 2. The power of lists 3. One boy's unconditional love for his nanna PRAISE This coming-of-age, pay-it-forward rom-com is filled with moments of poignancy for the reader.' - Michael Earp, Books + Publishing AWARDS Shortlisted - Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2022 (Young Adult Literature) Shortlisted - Australian Book Design Awards 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460713060
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Can a list save a life? Xander Maze loves lists, and his grandmother is #1 on his list of People I Love Most in the World. But now that Nanna has stage 4 cancer, can a new list of 100 Remarkable Feats really save her? Particularly when his list contains difficult things like #2 Make a Friend and #3 Make a Best Friend - plus #10 Kiss a Girl (preferably Ally Collins, the girl of Xander's dreams). Funny, moving and with a protagonist you can't help but fall in love with, 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze is a book about: 1. Never accepting the unacceptable 2. The power of lists 3. One boy's unconditional love for his nanna PRAISE This coming-of-age, pay-it-forward rom-com is filled with moments of poignancy for the reader.' - Michael Earp, Books + Publishing AWARDS Shortlisted - Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2022 (Young Adult Literature) Shortlisted - Australian Book Design Awards 2022
Tirra Lirra by the River
Author: Jessica Anderson
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612193897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
One of Australia’s most celebrated novels: one woman’s journey from Australia to London Nora Porteous, a witty, ambitious woman from Brisbane, returns to her childhood home at age seventy. Her life has taken her from a failed marriage in Sydney to freedom in London; she forged a modest career as a seamstress and lived with two dear friends through the happiest years of her adult life. At home, the neighborhood children she remembers have grown into compassionate adults. They help to nurse her back from pneumonia, and slowly let her in on the dark secrets of the neighborhood in the years that have lapsed. With grace and humor, Nora recounts her desire to escape, the way her marriage went wrong, the vanity that drove her to get a facelift, and one romantic sea voyage that has kept her afloat during her dark years. Her memory is imperfect, but the strength and resilience she shows over the years is nothing short of extraordinary. A book about the sweetness of escape, and the mix of pain and acceptance that comes with returning home.
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612193897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
One of Australia’s most celebrated novels: one woman’s journey from Australia to London Nora Porteous, a witty, ambitious woman from Brisbane, returns to her childhood home at age seventy. Her life has taken her from a failed marriage in Sydney to freedom in London; she forged a modest career as a seamstress and lived with two dear friends through the happiest years of her adult life. At home, the neighborhood children she remembers have grown into compassionate adults. They help to nurse her back from pneumonia, and slowly let her in on the dark secrets of the neighborhood in the years that have lapsed. With grace and humor, Nora recounts her desire to escape, the way her marriage went wrong, the vanity that drove her to get a facelift, and one romantic sea voyage that has kept her afloat during her dark years. Her memory is imperfect, but the strength and resilience she shows over the years is nothing short of extraordinary. A book about the sweetness of escape, and the mix of pain and acceptance that comes with returning home.
Before I Saw You
Author: Emily Houghton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982149523
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“A charming page-turner” (Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop) for fans of Close Enough to Touch and Me Before You about two patients who fall in love as they recover from traumatic injuries in the same hospital ward…all without seeing each other. Alice Gunnersley and Alfie Mack sleep just a few feet apart from one another. They talk for hours every day. And they’ve never seen each other face-to-face. After being in devastating accidents, the two now share the same ward as long-term residents of St. Francis’s Hospital. Although they don’t get off to the best start, the close quarters (and Alfie’s persistence to befriend everyone he meets) brings them closer together. Pretty soon no one can make Alice laugh as hard as Alfie does, and Alfie feels like he’s finally found a true confidante in Alice. Between their late night talks and inside jokes, something more than friendship begins to slowly blossom between them. But as their conditions improve and the end of their stay draws closer, Alfie and Alice are forced to decide whether it’s worth continuing a relationship with someone who’s seen all of the worst parts of you, but never seen your actual face. “Equally humorous and tender, this tale of triumph over adversity is a moving celebration of the bravery it takes to show oneself to another” (Publishers Weekly).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982149523
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“A charming page-turner” (Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop) for fans of Close Enough to Touch and Me Before You about two patients who fall in love as they recover from traumatic injuries in the same hospital ward…all without seeing each other. Alice Gunnersley and Alfie Mack sleep just a few feet apart from one another. They talk for hours every day. And they’ve never seen each other face-to-face. After being in devastating accidents, the two now share the same ward as long-term residents of St. Francis’s Hospital. Although they don’t get off to the best start, the close quarters (and Alfie’s persistence to befriend everyone he meets) brings them closer together. Pretty soon no one can make Alice laugh as hard as Alfie does, and Alfie feels like he’s finally found a true confidante in Alice. Between their late night talks and inside jokes, something more than friendship begins to slowly blossom between them. But as their conditions improve and the end of their stay draws closer, Alfie and Alice are forced to decide whether it’s worth continuing a relationship with someone who’s seen all of the worst parts of you, but never seen your actual face. “Equally humorous and tender, this tale of triumph over adversity is a moving celebration of the bravery it takes to show oneself to another” (Publishers Weekly).
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Author: Toni Jordan
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459620097
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Grace Lisa Vandenburg, the narrator of this pleasant neurotic-girl-meets-boy debut, is 35 years old and has been addicted to counting since she was eight. She lives alone in Melbourne, Australia, and is on sick leave from her teaching job, filling her weeks with counting-'steps and syllables and bites and things'-and sticking to her rigid routines, which include trips to the cafe and phone calls from her mother and self-absorbed younger sister. The only person in her life Grace relates to is her 10-year-old niece, Hilary, who is as quirky and charming as Grace is. Things are fine until Grace meets Seamus Joseph O'reilly, an Irish transplant who works at the local movie theater. Grace has not been on a date in two years and six months and hasn't been in love in forever, but as things progress with Seamus, she realizes what she has been missing. With some gentle encouragement, Grace agrees to test her boundaries and tries to find a happy medium between her obsession and living a full life. The novel does everything a sweet, agreeable romantic comedy should. (Feb.)
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459620097
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Grace Lisa Vandenburg, the narrator of this pleasant neurotic-girl-meets-boy debut, is 35 years old and has been addicted to counting since she was eight. She lives alone in Melbourne, Australia, and is on sick leave from her teaching job, filling her weeks with counting-'steps and syllables and bites and things'-and sticking to her rigid routines, which include trips to the cafe and phone calls from her mother and self-absorbed younger sister. The only person in her life Grace relates to is her 10-year-old niece, Hilary, who is as quirky and charming as Grace is. Things are fine until Grace meets Seamus Joseph O'reilly, an Irish transplant who works at the local movie theater. Grace has not been on a date in two years and six months and hasn't been in love in forever, but as things progress with Seamus, she realizes what she has been missing. With some gentle encouragement, Grace agrees to test her boundaries and tries to find a happy medium between her obsession and living a full life. The novel does everything a sweet, agreeable romantic comedy should. (Feb.)
The Power Age
Author: Kelly Doust
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
ISBN: 1948062712
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The Power Age is the ultimate guide to maturing with style, confidence, and influence. Like fine wine, women improve with age—growing in financial, sexual, and spiritual power every year. So why spend your second act collecting dust or invisible on the sidelines? With this exquisite full-color volume you’ll learn how to age like a pro. Candid, empowering guidance and interviews with style icons, world leaders, entrepreneurs, and entertainers who’ve made an art of growing older will show you that you are never too old to embark on an international or spiritual journey, to create a vibrant wardrobe filled with statement pieces, or to take the reins of your career and investments. With refreshing wisdom on how to manage everything from menopause, money, and mentorship to sex, stress, and skincare, The Power Age is like chatting with a circle of witty and wonderful friends and sisters. No topic—faith, grief, health, or finances—is off the table and no question is too sensitive to ask. Original illustrations highlight more than fifty power age women of past and present—from the late and beloved Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Maya Angelou to Michelle Obama, Iris Apfel, and Julia Roberts—and appear side by side with pragmatic tips on keeping fit and healthy, embracing travel and adventure, and practicing self-care and reflection. In total The Power Age is a comprehensive guide to living your best life going forward, and one that ensures that the best opportunities for pleasure, freedom, and expression are yet to come.
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
ISBN: 1948062712
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The Power Age is the ultimate guide to maturing with style, confidence, and influence. Like fine wine, women improve with age—growing in financial, sexual, and spiritual power every year. So why spend your second act collecting dust or invisible on the sidelines? With this exquisite full-color volume you’ll learn how to age like a pro. Candid, empowering guidance and interviews with style icons, world leaders, entrepreneurs, and entertainers who’ve made an art of growing older will show you that you are never too old to embark on an international or spiritual journey, to create a vibrant wardrobe filled with statement pieces, or to take the reins of your career and investments. With refreshing wisdom on how to manage everything from menopause, money, and mentorship to sex, stress, and skincare, The Power Age is like chatting with a circle of witty and wonderful friends and sisters. No topic—faith, grief, health, or finances—is off the table and no question is too sensitive to ask. Original illustrations highlight more than fifty power age women of past and present—from the late and beloved Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Maya Angelou to Michelle Obama, Iris Apfel, and Julia Roberts—and appear side by side with pragmatic tips on keeping fit and healthy, embracing travel and adventure, and practicing self-care and reflection. In total The Power Age is a comprehensive guide to living your best life going forward, and one that ensures that the best opportunities for pleasure, freedom, and expression are yet to come.
Sass and Traz Save The Library
Author: Michelle Worthington
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648819356
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Sassafras and Alcatraz are twins who couldn't be more different, except for the fact that they love their local library and their mother is best friends with the librarian. They sit in the library while their mother coaches their older brothers football team. The librarian, Ms Burns, tells them the Mayor is going to demolish the library to make way for a car park and there is nothing she can do about it. When Sass goes down to the basement for the packing boxes, she puts her hands on the old library files that hold the Dewey Decimal Cards and something magical happens. She calls the characters of the books to life. The library is helping them to find a way to fight. Can they find the right combination of characters, including the knights, pirates and scientists, to stop the council and save the library?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648819356
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Sassafras and Alcatraz are twins who couldn't be more different, except for the fact that they love their local library and their mother is best friends with the librarian. They sit in the library while their mother coaches their older brothers football team. The librarian, Ms Burns, tells them the Mayor is going to demolish the library to make way for a car park and there is nothing she can do about it. When Sass goes down to the basement for the packing boxes, she puts her hands on the old library files that hold the Dewey Decimal Cards and something magical happens. She calls the characters of the books to life. The library is helping them to find a way to fight. Can they find the right combination of characters, including the knights, pirates and scientists, to stop the council and save the library?