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 Girls
By Chloe HigginsISBN: 9781760782238Review copies courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia. This is the true story of Chloe Higgins writing about her life after the loss of her 2 sisters in a car accident from which their father survives. It is a gut wrenching novel with no holds barred and Chloe strips bare her soul. There is nowhere to hide in this book. Emotions are … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Art of Self-Kindness
10 of our Beauty and Lace members are reading The Art of Self-Kindess by Rebecca Ray. You can read their feedback in the comments section below, or contribute to the conversation with your own thoughts on the book. Review copies are courtesy of the publisher. Author: Rebecca RayISBN: 9781760783372Publisher: Macmillan Australia This book is for you, the one with … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys, Gone Girls
Author: Justine FordISBN: 9781760556747RRP: $32.99Publication Date: 25 June 2019Publisher: Pan MacmillanCopy: Courtesy of the Publisher Reading Lost Boys, Gone Girls was frustrating, heartbreaking and at the same time inspiring. To read the histories of what is only a few of the many unsolved cases in Australia really made me stop and think how fantastic the Police and … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Sunday Story Club
Author: Doris Brett and Kerry CueISBN: 9781760781187RRP: $32.99Publication Date: 25 June 2019Publisher: Pan MacmillanCopy: Courtesy of the Publisher I am notorious for choosing books based on their covers, and as a result end up reading books with widely varying topics of interest and of equally disparate quality. Choosing The Sunday Story Club this month yielded consistent … [Read more...]
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