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17 y separately published work icon Weyward Emilia Hart , London : HarperCollins (United Kingdom) , 2023 25765263 2023 single work novel

'KATE, 2019

'Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

'VIOLET, 1942

'Violet is more interested in collecting insects and climbing trees than in becoming a proper young lady. Until a chain of shocking events changes her life forever.

'ALTHA, 1619

'Altha is on trial for witchcraft, accused of killing a local man. Known for her uncanny connection with nature and animals, she is a threat that must be eliminated.

'But Weyward women belong to the wild. And they cannot be tamed…

'Weaving together the stories of three women across five centuries, Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
5 5 y separately published work icon The Last Anniversary Liane Moriarty , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2005 Z1218704 2005 single work novel

'Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one who got away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was going to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single ever since. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island–home of the famously unsolved Munro Baby mystery.

'Sophie moves onto the island and begins a new life as part of an unconventional family, where it seems everyone has a secret. Grace, a beautiful young mother, is feverishly planning a shocking escape from her perfect life. Margie, a frumpy housewife, has made a pact with a stranger, while dreamy Aunt Rose wonders if maybe it's about time she started making her own decisions.

'As Sophie's life becomes increasingly complicated, she discovers that sometimes you have to stop waiting around–and come up with your own fairy-tale ending. Liane Moriarty once again combines sharp wit, lovable and eccentric characters, and a page-turning story for an unforgettable Last Anniversary.' (Publication summary)
18 4 y separately published work icon The Last Migration Charlotte McConaghy , Camberwell : Hamish Hamilton , 2020 19144448 2020 single work novel

'For readers of Station Eleven and Everything I Never Told You, a debut novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last birds – and her own final chance for redemption.

'A dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive.

'How far you would you go for love? Franny Stone is determined to go to the end of the earth, following the last of the Arctic terns on what may be their final migration to Antarctica.

'As animal populations plummet and commercial fishing faces prohibition, Franny talks her way onto one of the few remaining boats heading south. But as she and the eccentric crew travel further from shore and safety, the dark secrets of Franny’s life begin to unspool. A daughter’s yearning search for her mother. An impulsive, passionate marriage. A shocking crime. Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards – and from.

'The Last Migration is a wild, gripping and deeply moving novel from a brilliant young writer. From the west coast of Ireland to Australia and remote Greenland, through crashing Atlantic swells to the bottom of the world, this is an ode to the wild places and creatures now threatened, and an epic story of the possibility of hope against all odds.'

Source: Publisher's blurb
14 5 y separately published work icon Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018 14403731 2018 single work novel

"The retreat at health and wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. 

"Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. 

"These nine perfect strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

"With her wit, compassion and uncanny understanding of human behaviour, Liane Moriarty explores the depth of connection that can be formed when people are thrown together in... unconventional circumstances." (Publisher's website)
16 6 y separately published work icon Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2016 9661852 2016 single work novel

'Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It’s just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong?

Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other. Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having Tiffany and Vid’s larger than life personalities there will be a welcome respite. Two months later, it won’t stop raining, and Clementine and Sam can’t stop asking themselves the question: What if we hadn’t gone?

In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty takes on the foundations of our lives: marriage, sex, parenthood, and friendship. She shows how guilt can expose the fault lines in the most seemingly strong relationships, how what we don’t say can be more powerful than what we do, and how sometimes it is the most innocent of moments that can do the greatest harm' (publication blurb).
16 7 y separately published work icon The Husband's Secret Liane Moriarty , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2013 Z1928337 2013 single work novel 'The Husband's Secret is a funny, heartbreaking novel of marriage, grief, love and secrets. When her husband announces he's in love with her best friend, painfully shy Tess picks up her young son and returns to her mother's house. There she begins an unexpected affair with an old flame. Rachel is a woman in her sixties consumed by grief and anger at the loss of her daughter twenty years earlier. When her son announces he is taking her beloved grandson overseas, Rachel begins a descent into deeper bitterness and pain. Cecilia is the quintessential "I don't know how she does it" woman. A devoted mother to three daughters, she runs her household like clockwork, is President of the P&C, owns an extremely successful Tupperware business and is happy in her fifteen-year marriage. Until she discovers a letter in their attic labelled: "To my wife Cecilia, to be opened in the event of my death"... Her husband's secret is a bombshell beyond all imagining with repercussions across the lives of all three women.'
6 y separately published work icon Legacy Tamara McKinley , London : Hodder and Stoughton , 2009 19577214 2009 single work novel

'Ruby and her new husband James brave a long and treacherous journey to start their new life in Australia. Meanwhile, there are other new arrivals to Australian shores: a Tahitian with a mysterious past, a naive young schoolmistress, and an English aristocrat, all unaware that their destinies are irrevocably intertwined.' (Publication summary)
16 10 y separately published work icon Lirael : Daughter of the Clayr Garth Nix , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2001 Z816641 2001 single work novel young adult fantasy "Dark forces are abroad once more in the Old Kingdom. Lirael, solitary daughter of the Clayr, and Sameth, the reluctant Abhorsen-in-Waiting, both seek the same man who may hold the key to an ancient evil stirring in the West. But the Dead cannot be laid to rest until the strange secret linking the fate of Lirael and Sameth is revealed." (Source: Allen & Unwin)
9 7 y separately published work icon Jennifer Government : A Novel Max Barry , New York (City) : Doubleday , 2003 Z1006030 2003 single work novel humour thriller "In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations (except for a few deluded holdouts like the French); taxes are illegal; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; The Police and The NRA are publicly-traded security firms; the U.S. government may only investigate crimes if they can bill a citizen directly. It's a free market paradise! Hack Nike is a lowly Merchandising Officer who's not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hack's new contract involves shooting teenagers to build up street cred for Nike's new line of $2,500 sneakers. Scared, Hack goes to The Police, who assume he's asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassinations to the NRA. Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). In a world where your job title means everything, the most cherished possession is a platinum credit card, and advertising jingles give way to automatic weapons in the fight for market share, Jennifer Government is the consumer watchdog from hell." - Publisher blurb http://www.loc.gov/ sighted 31/7/07
20 16 y separately published work icon Sabriel Garth Nix , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z822173 1995 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 2 units) Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
7 y separately published work icon Windflowers Tamara McKinley , London : Piatkus , 2002 Z1279259 2002 single work novel In Sydney during the 1960s, the protagonist is attending college when she is summoned to return to the family property, Warratah Cattle Station, to face the ire of her indomitable mother.
9 y separately published work icon Jacaranda Vines Tamara McKinley , London : Piatkus , 2001 Z1279229 2001 single work novel The head of the family running Jacaranda Vines, one of the wealthiest companies in Australia, dies. His widow decides not to sell the company, but has to enlist the help of her granddaughter to fight off the pressure from bidders. Family secrets are revealed during the process.
8 8 y separately published work icon Max Bob Graham , Bob Graham (illustrator), London : Walker Books [London] , 2000 Z669052 2000 single work picture book children's Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird. (Libraries Australia)
9 2 y separately published work icon Slangen I Sydney Michael Larsen , Denmark : Forlaget Centrum A/S , 1997 Z1149084 1997 single work novel thriller 'When a young woman is rushed to a Sydney hospital suffering from a snakebite, she's lucky to be treated by Annika Niebuhr, a doctor whose fascination with serpents began with the Norse myths of her Danish childhood. Annika recognises the bite of a taipan, the world's most poisonous snake, but not one native to Sydney and realises it can only have been planted. Inadvertently, or so she believes, Annika is drawn into an investigation that becomes increasingly outlandish. A miraculous recovery, a clairvoyant schizophrenic, the apparent suicide of a close friend, none makes sense to a rational medic. Yet for all her scepticism, Annika begins to realise that she must use her instincts and imagination if she is to survive.' http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2002/titles/Larsen.htm (Sighted 27/06/05).
8 y separately published work icon Matilda's Last Waltz Tamara McKinley , London : Piatkus , 1999 Z28771 1999 single work novel
— Appears in: Matildas Sista Vals [and] Jakaranda [and] Stormblomma 2004; At a remote Australian sheep station (Churinga), the protagonist discovers some diaries that reveal a shocking tale about the former owner, Matilda.
7 1 y separately published work icon Hamlet, Revenge! : A Story in Four Parts Michael Innes , London : Gollancz , 1937 Z1096972 1937 single work novel detective crime
11 37 y separately published work icon Julia Paradise Rod Jones , Fitzroy : McPhee Gribble , 1986 Z341710 1986 single work novel A completely amoral doctor, Kenneth Ayres, psychoanalyses Queenslander Julia Paradise, a morphine addict and missionary's wife in the Shanghai British Colony. As Julia's subconscious reveals its ambiguities, Ayres is trapped by sexual symbols and forces, becoming a victim of his own fallacies and his patient's vengeance. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
10 40 y separately published work icon The Power of One Bryce Courtenay , Richmond : Heinemann , 1989 6159943 1989 single work novel

'For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice that he will carry with him throughout his life.Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. Through enduring friendships with Hymie and Gideon, Peekay gains the strength he needs to win out. And in a final conflict with his childhood enemy, the Judge, Peekay will fight to the death for justice. Bryce Courtenay's classic bestseller is a story of the triumph of the human spirit - a spellbinding tale for all ages.' (Publication summary)
5 5 y separately published work icon In Her Own Image Anna Murdoch , London : Collins , 1985 Z506885 1985 single work novel
16 15 y separately published work icon The Ladies of Missalonghi The Courtship of Missy Wright Colleen McCullough , London : Hutchinson , 1987 Z375514 1987 single work novel
— Appears in: Tim; Ledi iz Missalongi 1993;

'The Hurlingford family have ruled the small town of Byron, nestled in the Blue Mountains, for generations. Wealthy, powerful and cruel, they get what they want, every time.

'Missy Wright lives with her widowed mother and crippled aunt in genteel poverty. Hurlingfords by birth, all three are victim to the family's rule of inheritance: the men take it all. Plain, thin and unforgivably single, it seems Missy's life is destined to be dreary.

'But then a stranger arrives in town. A divorcee from Sydney. And she opens Missy's eyes to the possibility of a happy ending.'

Source : publisher's blurb
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