I’m very excited today to have the opportunity to interview Jennifer Scoullar whose most recent book in the Tasmanian Tales series, The Memory Tree has just been released. It is a current Beauty and Lace book club title. Q. I believe you were a lawyer before changing direction and becoming an author, what prompted the change? A. Ever since I was a little I wanted to … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2019
BOOK CLUB: Long Way Home
By Nicola MarshISBN: 978-1-4892-8116-6RRP: $29.99Publisher: Harper Collins (MIRA) Long Way Home is a rural romance and a great rainy weekend read.Ruby Aston left the town she grew up in and never looked back. She detested the small town mentality and the fact that her Mother and her were often the center of the malicious town gossip. Ruby did not fit in at school and … [Read more...]
Book Review: Gulpilil
By Derek RiellyISBN: 9781760784973Copy coutesy of Pan Macmillan Australia Derek Rielly has sensitively detailed the life of a Yolngu man, David Gulpilil from early years until his last days living with terminal cancer. Gulpilil spent a traditional childhood living in native grounds of North East Arnhem land. As a tracker, ceremonial dancer and actor Gulpilil became … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Memory Tree
By Jennifer ScoullarISBN: 9781925827231 Thank you to Beauty and Lace Book Club and Jennifer Scoullar for the opportunity to read and review The Memory Tree. This is the third book in the Tasmanian Tales by Scoullar and I have been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to read and review each one. I loved the first two books in the series (Fortune’s Son and The Lost … [Read more...]
Book Review: Scars Like Wings
By Erin StewartISBN13: 9781471185991Publisher: Simon and Schuster Meet Ava. She was a normal teenager, a daughter, and a singer. Now she is the "burnt girl". Due to being a YA and easy to read language, I thought this would be a book I would read in an afternoon, and then forget. But, oh how I was mistaken. After a horrifying housefire, 16-year-old Ava is left with … [Read more...]
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