This second edition of The Cherry Picker's Daughter is an exquisite portrait of growing up Aboriginal on the fringes of outback towns in NSW in the mid-twentieth century. Its an important book for school libraries and classrooms, with profound insights into the extraordinary strength, resilience and ingenuity of Aboriginal families to overcome extreme poverty, persecution, racism and cultural genocide.The strength of family ties in Aboriginal communities is clearly evident when thr...

Bloomsbury presents If Walls Could Talk by Lucy Worsley, read by Kerry GilbertF****rom the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and BBC Television series including Lucy Worsley: Mozart’s London Odyssey and Six Wives with Lucy Worsley, available on Netflix.“Worsley is a thoughtful, charming, often hilarious guide to life as it was lived, from the mundane to the esoteric.” —The Boston Globe...

Is living the life you’ve wished for really a dream come true?Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet paper. After another disappointing date, Lucy stumbles upon a wishing machine. Pushing a coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with all her might: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life....

Perfect for fans of One Day and Talking at Night.Every morning, Sophie boards the same train.Every morning, she spots him – tall, unreadable, always with a novel in hand…often the same one she is reading.Soon, their commute becomes a silent exchange of titles, a game only they seem to be playing. But how long can a love story stay between the lines before someone dares to take it off the page…Ask Me What I’m Rea...

**AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERA LibraryReads PickA hilarious love story about a disillusioned divorcée who agrees to let her children play matchmaker*.***Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d rather be single than subject herself to the hell of online dating. But her office rival is vying for her column, and no co...

She's found the perfect man . . . There's just one big twist.Stuck in a Production Assistant job and living at home with her parents after a painful breakup, thirty-one-year-old Chloe Fairway isn’t where she wants to be in life. The last thing she needs is to face the people who once voted her "most likely to succeed" at her upcoming ten-year college reunion. And she definitely doesn’t want to see her former best friend, Sean Adler, who is now a hotshot film direct...

A ground-breaking collection of poetry and prose from Aboriginal women compiled by Kerry Reed-Gilbert, first published in 2000.‘If you want to know the reality of inside Black Australia, this book is for you. The women who speak within these pages allow you, the reader, to look into their hearts, minds, bodies and souls. Share with them their journey, the journey of life.’ — Kerry Reed-Gilbert, editor.The Strength of Us As Women includes work fr...

The start of a brilliantly funny accidental time-travel diary series for tweens. It’s Back to the Future meets Judy Blume, with a 13-year-old girl who tackles timeslip mishaps, laugh-out-loud embarrassing moments, and one unpredictable adventure after another.Hi! I’m Lily. My birthday is in two weeks and I have a big secret: Every New Year's when the clock strikes midnight, I time travel to a new century. Mind-blowing, right!?Thank goodnes...

This program features a bonus scene and an author's note—both audio-exclusives—and acknowledgments read by the author.“[Patti] Murin's portrayal of Emma is captivating--a blend of sass, humor, and empathy with impeccable timing and nuances.”—AudioFileShe’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over,...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets The Hating Game in this heartfelt, witty, and utterly unputdownable enemies-to-lovers romance from international bestseller Mhairi McFarlane, about two journalists who must fake a relationship in order to land a huge story.Bel has just landed a job at the Manchester office of a big national newspaper, coming off the success of her latest award-winning podcast. The team is small, consisting of Bel, her ambitious colleague Aar...

**An Instant USA Today Bestseller!An Indie Next PickA Library Reads PickEstranged exes must stick close together to save their best friend’s wedding after a string of disasters in this swoony and steamy second-chance romance from the USA Today bestselling author of You, with a View.**Georgia Woodward lives by her lists, none more so than the one about her ex, Eli Mora. It’s full of the ironclad dos and don’ts they’ve been following s...

A warm, sexy, laugh-out-loud rom-com about a woman who, desperate for a fresh start, books a literary bus tour across the UK that consists of a lively group of elderly ladies plus one infuriatingly handsome Scottish driver.UK Bus Trip Goals:Crawl out of pajamas.Get over cheating bastard and his stupid ironed jeans.Have my first real adventure!Achieve stability, strength, and growth.Definitely do NOT kiss any Bri...