Author: Marlish Glorie
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 176099250X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Helen can' t sleep. Her husband' s hoarding tendencies have taken over not only their house, but their marriage too, and she needs out. In a moment of desperation, Helen burns her bed, and leaves. Seeking to rediscover herself, she rather spontaneously seizes the opportunity to buy a run-down secondhand bookstore. But when her two adult sons unexpectedly return home with their own problems, Helen' s attempt to turn her life into something out of a literary novel starts to look like more of a comedy of errors. As quirky characters browse the shelves of The Book Maze, and relationships are put to the test, Helen fights to write her own happy ending to her story.
The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street
Author: Marlish Glorie
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 176099250X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Helen can' t sleep. Her husband' s hoarding tendencies have taken over not only their house, but their marriage too, and she needs out. In a moment of desperation, Helen burns her bed, and leaves. Seeking to rediscover herself, she rather spontaneously seizes the opportunity to buy a run-down secondhand bookstore. But when her two adult sons unexpectedly return home with their own problems, Helen' s attempt to turn her life into something out of a literary novel starts to look like more of a comedy of errors. As quirky characters browse the shelves of The Book Maze, and relationships are put to the test, Helen fights to write her own happy ending to her story.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 176099250X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Helen can' t sleep. Her husband' s hoarding tendencies have taken over not only their house, but their marriage too, and she needs out. In a moment of desperation, Helen burns her bed, and leaves. Seeking to rediscover herself, she rather spontaneously seizes the opportunity to buy a run-down secondhand bookstore. But when her two adult sons unexpectedly return home with their own problems, Helen' s attempt to turn her life into something out of a literary novel starts to look like more of a comedy of errors. As quirky characters browse the shelves of The Book Maze, and relationships are put to the test, Helen fights to write her own happy ending to her story.
BOOKSHOP ON JACARANDA STREET.
Author: MARLISH. GLORIE
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781525215940
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9781525215940
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Languages : en
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The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street
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"Meet the Budd-Doyles: a suburban family in shambles, and about to unravel further as Helen Budd-Doyle in one fell swoop destroys her bed, abandons the family home, and buys a second-hand bookshop form a man in a pub ? leaving her bewildered junk-collecting husband Arnold to sort out his life. But he can't. Enter Gabriel, one of their sons, wreaking havoc as he pushes his father to sell off the accrued junk of a lifetime. Add a little sibling rivalry with his brother Vivian fresh home and licking his wounds from a life in far north... and watch the fireworks on Jacaranda Street."--Back cover.
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"Meet the Budd-Doyles: a suburban family in shambles, and about to unravel further as Helen Budd-Doyle in one fell swoop destroys her bed, abandons the family home, and buys a second-hand bookshop form a man in a pub ? leaving her bewildered junk-collecting husband Arnold to sort out his life. But he can't. Enter Gabriel, one of their sons, wreaking havoc as he pushes his father to sell off the accrued junk of a lifetime. Add a little sibling rivalry with his brother Vivian fresh home and licking his wounds from a life in far north... and watch the fireworks on Jacaranda Street."--Back cover.
The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street
Author: Marlish Glorie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921361449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Meet the Budd-Doyles: a suburban family in shambles, and about to unravel further as Helen Budd-Doyle in one fell swoop destroys her bed, abandons the family home, and buys a second-hand bookshop form a man in a pub ? leaving her bewildered junk-collecting husband Arnold to sort out his life. But he can't. Enter Gabriel, one of their sons, wreaking havoc as he pushes his father to sell off the accrued junk of a lifetime. Add a little sibling rivalry with his brother Vivian fresh home and licking his wounds from a life in far north... and watch the fireworks on Jacaranda Street."--Back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921361449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Meet the Budd-Doyles: a suburban family in shambles, and about to unravel further as Helen Budd-Doyle in one fell swoop destroys her bed, abandons the family home, and buys a second-hand bookshop form a man in a pub ? leaving her bewildered junk-collecting husband Arnold to sort out his life. But he can't. Enter Gabriel, one of their sons, wreaking havoc as he pushes his father to sell off the accrued junk of a lifetime. Add a little sibling rivalry with his brother Vivian fresh home and licking his wounds from a life in far north... and watch the fireworks on Jacaranda Street."--Back cover.
The Last Bookshop
Author: Emma Young
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925816311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A book for book lovers, The Last Bookshop is a uplifting novel that reminds us never to underestimate the power of people who love books. Cait is a bookshop owner and book nerd whose social life revolves around her mobile bookselling service hand-picking titles for elderly clients, particularly the grandmotherly June. After a tough decade for retail, Book Fiend is the last bookshop in the CBD, and the last independent retailer on a street given over to high-end labels. Profits are small, but clients are loyal. When James breezes into Book Fiend, Cait realises life might hold more than her shop and her cat, but while the new romance distracts her, luxury chain stores are circling Book Fiend's prime location, and a more personal tragedy is looming.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925816311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A book for book lovers, The Last Bookshop is a uplifting novel that reminds us never to underestimate the power of people who love books. Cait is a bookshop owner and book nerd whose social life revolves around her mobile bookselling service hand-picking titles for elderly clients, particularly the grandmotherly June. After a tough decade for retail, Book Fiend is the last bookshop in the CBD, and the last independent retailer on a street given over to high-end labels. Profits are small, but clients are loyal. When James breezes into Book Fiend, Cait realises life might hold more than her shop and her cat, but while the new romance distracts her, luxury chain stores are circling Book Fiend's prime location, and a more personal tragedy is looming.
The River Mouth
Author: Karen Herbert
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1760990477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Darren Davies is found facedown in the Weymouth River with a gunshot wound to his chest. The killer is never found and his death remains a mystery. Ten years later, his mother receives a visit from the local police. Sandra' s best friend has been found dead on a remote Pilbara road. And Barbara' s DNA matches the DNA found under Darren' s fingernails. When the investigation into her son' s murder is reopened, Sandra begins to question what she knew about her best friend. As she digs, she discovers that there are many secrets in her small town, and that her murdered son had secrets too.PRAISE FOR THE BOOK'The River Mouth marks the debut of a brilliant new voice in Australian crime fiction.' David Whish-Wilson&‘ The River Mouth is the kind of crime novel which hooks you in from the first chapter and doesn' t let up until the very end.' Better Reading&‘ ... works to gradually ramp up the suspense as Herbert advances her intricate and deftly handled puzzle of a plot ... ' West Australian&‘ ... a stunning debut that will keep you guessing till the
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1760990477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Darren Davies is found facedown in the Weymouth River with a gunshot wound to his chest. The killer is never found and his death remains a mystery. Ten years later, his mother receives a visit from the local police. Sandra' s best friend has been found dead on a remote Pilbara road. And Barbara' s DNA matches the DNA found under Darren' s fingernails. When the investigation into her son' s murder is reopened, Sandra begins to question what she knew about her best friend. As she digs, she discovers that there are many secrets in her small town, and that her murdered son had secrets too.PRAISE FOR THE BOOK'The River Mouth marks the debut of a brilliant new voice in Australian crime fiction.' David Whish-Wilson&‘ The River Mouth is the kind of crime novel which hooks you in from the first chapter and doesn' t let up until the very end.' Better Reading&‘ ... works to gradually ramp up the suspense as Herbert advances her intricate and deftly handled puzzle of a plot ... ' West Australian&‘ ... a stunning debut that will keep you guessing till the
The Bookshop
Author: Penelope Fitzgerald
Publisher: HarperCollins publishers
ISBN: 9780008263027
Category : Booksellers and bookseeking
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Publisher: HarperCollins publishers
ISBN: 9780008263027
Category : Booksellers and bookseeking
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Children of the Jacaranda Tree
Author: Sahar Delijani
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476709092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A stunning debut novel set in post-revolutionary Iran that gives voice to the men, women, and children who won a war only to find their livesNand those of their descendantsNimperiled by its aftermath.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476709092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A stunning debut novel set in post-revolutionary Iran that gives voice to the men, women, and children who won a war only to find their livesNand those of their descendantsNimperiled by its aftermath.
The Silence of Water
Author: Sharron Booth
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 176099135X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Fan's mum, Agnes, announces the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agnes's father &– a man they've never spoken of before now &– Fan finds herself a stranger in a new town living in a home whose currents and tensions she cannot read or understand.Resentful of her mother's decision to move, Fan forms an alliance with her grandfather, Edwin Salt, a convict transported to Australia in 1861. As she listens to memories of his former life in England, Fan starts snooping around the house, riffling through Edwin's belongings in an attempt to fill the gaps in his stories. But the secrets Fan uncovers will test the family's fragile bondsforever, and force Edwin into a final reckoning with the brutality of his past.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 176099135X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Fan's mum, Agnes, announces the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agnes's father &– a man they've never spoken of before now &– Fan finds herself a stranger in a new town living in a home whose currents and tensions she cannot read or understand.Resentful of her mother's decision to move, Fan forms an alliance with her grandfather, Edwin Salt, a convict transported to Australia in 1861. As she listens to memories of his former life in England, Fan starts snooping around the house, riffling through Edwin's belongings in an attempt to fill the gaps in his stories. But the secrets Fan uncovers will test the family's fragile bondsforever, and force Edwin into a final reckoning with the brutality of his past.
Bad Love
Author: Maame Blue
Publisher: Twenty in 2020
ISBN: 9781913090180
Category : Ghanaians
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
#TwentyIn2020 romance Bad Love is the story of London born Ghanaian Ekuah Danquah and her tumultuous experience with first love. Marked by this experience, she finds herself at a crossroads - can she fall in love again, or does the siren song of her first love still call?
Publisher: Twenty in 2020
ISBN: 9781913090180
Category : Ghanaians
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
#TwentyIn2020 romance Bad Love is the story of London born Ghanaian Ekuah Danquah and her tumultuous experience with first love. Marked by this experience, she finds herself at a crossroads - can she fall in love again, or does the siren song of her first love still call?