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2 5 y separately published work icon The Wild Girl Kate Forsyth , ( trans. Diāna Smilga with title Pasaku Meistara Mīļotā ) Riga : Kontinents , 2014 Z1926950 2013 single work novel historical fiction (taught in 1 units)

'One of the great untold love stories - how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales - filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars.

'The Wild Girl tells the story of Dortchen Wild. Growing up next door to the Grimm brothers in Hesse-Cassel, a small German kingdom, Dortchen told Wilhelm some of the most powerful and compelling stories in the famous fairytale collection.

'Dortchen first met the Grimm brothers in 1805, when she was twelve. One of six sisters, Dortchen lived in the medieval quarter of Cassel, a town famous for its grand royal palace, its colossal statue of Herkules, and a fairytale castle of turrets and spires built as a love nest for the Prince-Elector's mistress. Dortchen was the same age as Lotte Grimm, the only girl in the Grimm family, and the two became best friends.

'In 1806, Hesse-Cassel was invaded by the French. Napoleon created a new Kingdom of Westphalia, under the rule of his dissolute young brother Jérôme. The Grimm brothers began collecting fairytales that year, wanting to save the old stories told in spinning-circles and by the fire from the domination of French culture. Dortchen was the source of many of the tales in the Grimm brother's first collection of fairy tales, which was published in 1812, the year of Napoleon's disastrous march on Russia.

'Dortchen's own father was cruel and autocratic, and he beat and abused her. He frowned on the friendship between his daughters and the poverty-stricken Grimm Brothers. Dortchen had to meet Wilhelm in secret to tell him her stories. All the other sisters married and moved away, but Dortchen had to stay home and care for her sick parents. Even after the death of her father, Dortchen and Wilhelm could not marry - the Grimm brothers were so poor they were surviving on a single meal a day.

'After the overthrow of Napoleon and the eventual success of the fairytale collection, Dortchen and Wilhelm were at last able to marry. They lived happily ever after with Wilhelm's elder brother Jakob for the rest of their lives.' (From the publisher's website.)

11 1 y separately published work icon Lighthouse Bay Kimberley Freeman , ( trans. Gunita Mežule with title Vinterbornu dārgumi ) Riga : Kontinents , 2013 Z1884341 2012 single work novel mystery 'A compelling tale of love, secrets, and the power of forgiveness.
1901: Isabella Winterbourne has suffered the worst loss a woman can know. She can no longer bear her husband nor his oppressive upper-class family. On a voyage between London and Sydney to accompany a priceless gift to the Australian parliament, Isabella is the sole survivor of a shipwreck off the sun-drenched Queensland coast. But in this strange new place, she finds she cannot escape her past quite as easily as she'd hoped.

2011: A woman returns from Paris to her beachside home town to reconcile with her sister. But she, too, has a past that is hard to escape and her sister is not in a mood to forgive her. Strange noises at night and activity at the abandoned lighthouse raise her curiosity, and she finds herself investigating a century-old town mystery.' (Publisher's blurb)
3 12 y separately published work icon Bitter Greens Kate Forsyth , ( trans. Diāna Smilga with title Rūgtais mīlas kauss ) Riga : Kontinents , 2013 Z1849340 2012 single work novel historical fiction (taught in 1 units)

'Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from court by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted by an old nun, Sœur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by her parents for a handful of Bitter Greens ...

'After Margherita's father steals a handful of greens - parsley, wintercress and rapunzel - from the walled garden of the courtesan, Selena Leonelli, they give up their daughter to save him from having both hands cut off. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1513 and still inspiring him at the time of his death, sixty-one years later. Called La Strega Bella, Selena is at the centre of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal, love and superstition.

'Locked away in a tower, growing to womanhood, Margherita sings in the hope someone will hear her. One day, a young man does ...

'Three women, three lives, three stories, braided together to create a compelling story of desire, obsession, black magic, and the redemptive power of love.' (From the publisher's website.)

17 6 y separately published work icon Wildflower Hill Kimberley Freeman , ( trans. Gunita Mežule with title Kaisle zem Tasmānijas debesīm ) Riga : Kontinents , 2013 Z1716953 2010 single work novel

'In 1920s Glasgow, Beattie Blaxland falls pregnant to her married lover Henry just before her nineteenth birthday. Abandoned by her family, Beattie and Henry set sail for a new life in Australia. But life is not about to follow the plan that Beattie had hoped for and fate will play her a cruel hand...

'In 2009, London, prima ballerina Lydia Blaxland-Hunter is also discovering that life can also have its ups and downs. Unable to dance again after a fall, Lydia returns home to Australia to recuperate. But on arrival she is presented with some surprising news - her recently deceased and much-loved grandmother Beattie Blaxland has left her Tasmanian property to Lydia.

'Told through the eyes of a young Beattie Blaxland and a contemporary Lydia Blaxland-Hunter, this is an emotionally charged, seductive tale of self-discovery, secrets and surprises.' (From the publisher's website.)

14 7 y separately published work icon Lost Michael Robotham , ( trans. Unknown with title Pazudušie ) Riga : Kontinents , 2007 Z1185132 2004 single work novel crime thriller

'Mickey Carlyle disappeared, in a building with only five floors and eleven flats ? How is this possible? Everyone knows that Mickey Carlyle is dead and a man is in prison for her murder, except Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz, who cannot stop searching for her and will not give up hope that she is still alive. Vincent is found one night, shot and with a picture of Mickey in his pocket; he seems to have amnesia. After being accused of faking amnesia and under investigation by his colleagues he retraces his steps, and relives that night with the help of a psychologist. Facts, not memories will tell him what happened to Mickey Carlisle. ' (Publisher's blurb)

18 26 y separately published work icon English Passengers Matthew Kneale , ( trans. Unknown with title Angļu pasažieri ) Riga : Kontinents , 2003 Z375635 2000 single work novel historical fiction It is 1857, and Reverend Geoffrey Wilson has departed England to prove the literal truth of the bible. The expedition heads towards Tasmania, where he is convinced he will find the real Garden of Eden. But the other passengers have their own agendas. As the English passengers near Peevay's land, their bizarre notions become painfully at odds with reality. (Source: Trove)
9 2 y separately published work icon Single White E-Mail Jessica Adams , ( trans. Liana Niedra with title Vientula Balta Meitene ) Riga : Kontinents , 2001 Z351614 1998 single work novel humour Humor novel dealing with male/female relationships. When Victoria's Internet date materialises things do not turn out as she expects.
3 y separately published work icon Follow the Morning Star Di Morrissey , ( trans. Unknown with title Seko rita zvaigznei ) Latvia : Kontinents , 1999 Z114571 1993 single work novel Queenie has a perfect life. Then one day her lover is seriously injured and her perfect life suddenly comes crashing down. Her bitter and vengeful brother returns to lay claim to his inheritance. Her daughter is seduced into giving up all she's strived for. Once before Queenie was robbed of everything she ever loved? Surely it can't happen all over again?
4 4 Heart of the Dreaming Di Morrissey , ( trans. Unknown with title Sapnu Majokla Sirds ) Latvia : Kontinents , 1998 Z272221 1991 single work novel
— Appears in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books : 1995 1995; (p. 141-288)

'At 21, Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet and the love of handsome bushman TR Hamilton. Beautiful, wealthy and intelligent, she is the only daughter of Tingulla Station, the famed outback property in the wilds of western Queensland. At 22, her life lies in ruins. A series of disasters has robbed her of everything she ever loved. Everything except Tingulla - her ancestral home and her spirit's Dreaming place...And now she is about to lose that too...An extraordinary story of thwarted love and heroic struggle, Heart of the Dreaming is the tale of one woman's courage and her determination to take on the world and win.'

Source: Read How You Want.

1 y separately published work icon Eimarmenes Melita Melisinis , Athens : Kontinents , 1987 Z1291144 1987 selected work poetry
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