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He was brilliant and troubled and for thirty-five years he lived alone in the wild . . . then there was silence
2022
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Beautifully written and affecting, this is the true story of a young man caught in a world he can't control and how he finds a way to surviveWINNER OF THE 2023 NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD'S MICHAEL CROUCH AWARD FOR A DEBUT WORK'This compelling, moving tale is unlike anything I have ever read. Intimate and vivid, Tom Patterson has found beauty and meaning amid the sorrow.' - Malcolm Knox'An inside look into an outsider's world, tenderly and beautifully ...
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2022
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A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley.'Clarke is illuminated with such wonderful, vivid characters. Rarely have I felt so deeply invested in a story - I loved this book so much. Throsby is a supremely gifted storyteller, and Clarke truly is a wonder.' Mark BrandiOn a hot morning in 1991 in the regional town of Clarke, Barney Clarke (no relation) is woken by the unexpected arrival of many p...
2022
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Beth has forgotten the core truth of her own life. In a cruel move, her dead mother is about to remind her. A wise and ultimately warm-hearted story about self-discovery, family and community for readers of Tricia Stringer and Liz Byrski.Since adolescence, 58-year-old Beth has lived her life with blinkers on, repressing the memory of a teenage trauma. Her mother, Marian, took control of that situation, and of all else in their family life - and as ...
2022
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A coastal town is evacuated after record floods. Three young police officers are left behind. With a killer.'Headland veers into the gothic realm that is visited by the best Australian fiction that dares to go somewhere dark and unfathomable . . . It's a cracker.' - Sydney Morning HeraldThe small beachside town of Gloster is on the edge of disaster. After constant rain, floodwaters are rising fast.Detective Constabl...
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2022
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A violent death by crucifixion near a remote north-west station has Detective Inspector Dan Clement and his Broome police officers disturbed and baffled. Other local incidents – the theft of explosives from a Halls Creek mine site, social justice protests at an abattoir, a break-in at an early childhood clinic – seem mundane by comparison. But as Clement starts to make troubling connections between each crime, he finds himself caught in a terrifying race. In a landmass larger than Western ...
2018
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From the author of the bestselling novel, GOODWOOD, comes a compelling mystery set deep within the hearts of Cedar Valley and its inhabitants.'This is a masterful novel...readers who loved Goodwood will find even more to love here.' Books + Publishing on Cedar Valley'So much truth, so much aching and pain by humour. What a wonderful book. I can see the Australian novelist continuum from Patrick White and Thea Astley in her explici...
2016
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A delightful debut novel of secrets and small town obsessions from Australian musician and songwriter, Holly Throsby.It wasn't just one person who went missing, it was two people. Two very different people. They were there, and then they were gone, as if through a crack in the sky. After that, in a small town like Goodwood, where we had what Nan called 'a high density of acquaintanceship', everything stopped. Or at least it felt that way. The normal feeling of ...