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Fiction Titles: Authors E-G
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Author |
Publisher |
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The Day It Rained |
| by Kennedy Estephan |
| Published by Wild & Woolley |
| Born in North Lebanon in the 1960s, award-winning writer Kennedy Estephan migrated to Australia in the 1980s. This collection of short stories about war, passion and hope, beautifully evokes the places and people he writes about so that even those who haven't been there, will yearn for the old, innocent Lebanon of these stories. |
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The Cloud Forest |
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| by John Fletcher |
| Published by HarperCollins |
| When Colin is ten he discovers the cloud forest-an area of
temperate rainforest on the summit of Mount Gang Gang in tropical North Queensland.
The cloud forest is a place of haunting beauty, and it weaves its lingering spell
over Colin and his descendants. It is Jacqui, one hundred years after Colin, who
finally unlocks its mystery … and fights to preserve it. This latest story
from bestselling author J.H. Fletcher will live in your memory long after the
final page is turned. |
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Sun In Splendor |
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| by John Fletcher |
| Published by HarperCollins |
| Born amid the violence of the Paris Commune, smuggled out
of France and raised in the Blue Mountains, Marie Desmoulins becomes one of the
great artists of the twentieth century.
One of Australia's finest authors brings to life a profoundly moving account of
one woman's creative life and the true price of artistic genius. |
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| Wings of the Storm |
John Fletcher |
HarperCollins |
| A Far Country |
John Fletcher |
Random House |
| Fire in Summer |
John Fletcher |
HarperCollins |
| Keepers of the House |
John Fletcher |
HarperCollins |
| Claim the Kingdom |
John Fletcher |
Arrow |
| The Burning Land |
John Fletcher |
Arrow |
| View from the Beach |
John Fletcher |
HarperCollins. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing. |
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Gold Dust |
| by Kimberley Freeman (Kim Wilkins) |
| Published by Hachette Australia. |
The Cold War Leningrad, Sofi and her cousins Natalya and Lena hope for a different life. When the fall of the Soviet Union brings new opportunities, the three girls decide they’ll stop at nothing to make their dreams come true. Each woman grasps a new life in Europe and, for a while, it seems fortune has smiled on them. Dissatisfactions prompt jealousies, rivalries and betrayals. As their relationships splinter, none of them is aware of a dark figure from the Russian years, and the ill fortune that still lies in wait for them… |
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Duet |
| by Kimberley Freeman (Kim Wilkins) |
| Published by Hachette Australia. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing. |
Two women from a tiny German village, young Ellie fantasies of the opera stage set her on a path of deception, greed and regret. In London, Angie transforms herself into the darling of the pop scene and after a violent attack is crippled by fear and drug addiction. One will steal the other's life and lose her greatest love. One will have to confront her darkest memories. This duet's final notes will not be sung until the heart-stopping climax, when a shadow from the past returns to claim them both. |
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The Calling |
| by Jane Goodall |
| Published by Hachette Australia |
Briony Williams is back and though he is behind bars, could her old nemesis, The Walker, still threaten her?
It is the fierce English summer 1976 and the Punk movement is on the rise. When Briony learns that she andher colleagues have appeared on 'Deff Row' in the group's fanzine, she is drawn into a fatal game with adversaries who always seem to be two moves ahead. And when Sharon, a young runaway, moves into a squat with her new punk mates, she enters a world and unknowingly puts her own life in danger. |
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The Visitor |
| by Jane Goodall |
| Published by Hodder Headline |
| It is 1974, a time between times, and the autumn equinox, when the spirits
are said to wander between worlds. Detective Briony Williams, starting a new job
with the Thames Valley police in Oxford, is called to investigate the murder of
a seventeen-year-old girl. In the victim's hand she finds a stone carved with
an ancient cryptic message, and is quickly convinced that this is no ordinary
domestic crime.... |
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The Walker |
| by Jane Goodall |
| Published by Hodder Headline. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing. |
| Plymouth 1967: Schoolgirl Nell Adams, finds a murder victim on train...
London 1971: Nell Adams is now a university student in London, trying to put her
past behind her. Detective Briony Williams is also starting out a new life in
London, assigned to the team tracking The Walker, a practised anatomist with a
theatrical streak. Two young women, part of the Swinging Sixties generation, soon
discover new times mask age-old evil in this gripping psychological thriller of
ritual cruelty in London's dark underbelly. |
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| Alice to Nowhere |
Evan Green |
Warner Books |
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Adam's Empire |
| by Evan Green |
| Published by Warner Books |
| Adam Ross, orphaned at nine, cherished a dream - that one day he would
have land of his own. The opal fields of Coober Pedy offered his first glimpse
of riches - and Nellie, a half-caste Aboriginal beauty, provided his first taste
of love... |
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| Kalinda |
Evan Green |
Warner Books |
| Dust and Glory |
Evan Green |
Pan |
| Bet Your Life |
Evan Green |
Pan |
| On Borrowed Time |
Evan Green |
Pan |
| Clancy's Crossing |
Evan Green |
Pan. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing. |
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