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Rebellious Daughters – a review
What makes girls and women conform or rebel? What challenges have Australian women faced growing up in ethnically, religiously and culturally diverse families over the past sixty-plus years? Rebellious...
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Running Against the Tide by Amanda Ortlepp
I made a false start when I first picked up Amanda Ortlepp’s Running Against the Tide. I’m not sure of the mood I was in, but the idea of a woman running away with her two teenaged sons to a remote...
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A Loving, Faithful Animal by Josphine Rowe
I bought a copy of A Loving, Faithful Animal by Josephine Rowe at Megalong Books in Leura a couple of weeks ago after hearing the author interviewed on ABC radio. During the interview, Rowe read an...
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Wild Chicory by Kim Kelly
Wild Chicory by Kim Kelly is a novella-length celebration of stories, family and migration. Each of its chapters has a theme, indicated by the chapter title: for example, “Good White Bread”, “The Fire...
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Dying in the First Person by Nike Sulway – a tale of life, love and hope
After finishing Dying in the First Person by Nike Sulway, I felt as I did after reading Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things. I immediately wanted to talk to someone who had read the book. I...
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Out of the Ice by Ann Turner
Ann Turner’s second novel, Out of the Ice, starts with penguins. Don’t be put off. This isn’t a nerdy book. It does have environmental themes and it is set in one of the most fantastic and little-known...
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I For Isobel by Amy Witting
Confession: Amy Witting’s I For Isobel (1989) has been on my shelf for ages and is the first work of hers I’ve read. The novel records a decade in the life of Isobel Callaghan, from unhappy nine to...
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Ghost Girls by Cath Ferla
Ghost Girls is the debut novel by Cath Ferla from Echo Publishing, the publisher that last year gave us Emma Viskic’s excellent Resurrection Bay. It’s primarily a mystery story, rather than suspense or...
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The Light on the Water by Olga Lorenzo
In the months before her arrest, Anne Baxter had many hours to think about her future. With this riveting opening, Olga Lorenzo begins a tale of woe, of a woman whose only ambition has been to love and...
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That Devil’s Madness by Dominique Wilson – a timely read
Wow! What a timely read. The structure of That Devil’s Madness by Dominique Wilson is almost a double helix, seeming parallel narratives of France and Algeria from the late 19th century onwards, and...
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The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Halfway through reading Charlotte Wood’s new novel, The Natural Way of Things, I felt compelled to post about it on Facebook and Twitter. Such is the power of this book that after I finished it,...
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The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
If The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader isn’t already on your radar, it should be. Told in exquisite prose, it’s ostensibly the story of Sarah, a medieval nun who, at the age of 17, locks herself away...
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The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
What can you say about a book that already has over 8000 reviews on Amazon? The overview. Odd-ball genetics professor sets out to find a wife. He has a few stipulations: she must eat meat, must not...
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The Lost Swimmer by Ann Turner: a debut psychological thriller
Ann Turner’s debut novel, The Lost Swimmer, is prefaced with a quote from Heraclitus: Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed. (Heraclitus c. 535-475 BC) Both...
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Entitlement by Jessica White
Their daughter, when she stepped onto the platform, looked to Leonora as hard and weary as a soldier. There were blue circles beneath her eyes and she was scrawny, her hair dull. Leonora embraced her....
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Aussie Author Challenge 2015: a belated sign-up post
Once again, I’ve signed up for the Aussie Author Challenge hosted by Jo at Booklover Book Reviews. I’m aiming for the Wallaroo level: WALLAROO – Read and review 6 titles written by Australian...
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Watching You by Michael Robotham
Before picking up a copy of Watching You with a stack of other books at the library before Christmas, the only story I’d read by Michael Robotham was Bombproof. I remember having enjoyed Bombproof as a...
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The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret is a page-turner featuring believable characters, interesting moral issues and more. I read it over the Australia Day weekend and the timing seemed fitting...
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Claiming Noah: debut psychological suspense by Amanda Ortlepp
Catriona and James are desperate for children, so embark on an IVF program. Four embryos are created, and by the third treatment Catriona is pregnant. They decide to adopt out the fourth embryo...
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Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett
There are some books I know, if I don’t attempt to review them straightaway, I won’t end up reviewing them at all. It’s because the impact is so powerful, the language so beautiful, I grow afraid I...
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