By Tricia StringerISBN: 9781489270863489 Pages / $32.99Copy: Harper Collins Australia The Model Wife by Tricia Stringer is a fantastic example of a great Australian family saga which I am sure many readers will relate to. Natalie and Milt have been married for many years and have three adult daughters. They live on a farm in country South Australia and ever since they … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The World That We Knew
By Alice HoffmanISBN: 978-1-4711-8583-0Simon and Schuster Australia The World that We Knew manages to be both devastatingly sad and luminously beautiful at the same time. It’s quite an extraordinary novel. I’m not always a great fan of magic realism; some writers seem to use it as a means to avoid plotting properly. Here, however, it adds a gentle patina that softens the … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Girl I Left Behind
By Andie Newton Copy courtesy of Head of Zeus Publishing Many thanks to Beauty and Lace Book Club and Head of Zeus publishing company for the opportunity to read and review the e-book edition of Andie Newton’s debut novel, The Girl I Left Behind. This confronting work is set in Munich in 1941 and focuses on the incredible and dangerous work undertaken by groups of … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Confession
By Jessie BurtonISBN: 9781509886159Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia The Confession is the third novel and fourth published book by Jessie Burton and the first of her works I have read. Those who are offended by explicit language should be aware that, although only occasionally used, some of the language in this book goes beyond what is generally considered … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Secret of Cold Hill
By Peter JamesISBN: 9781509816248Imprint: Macmillan Thank you to Beauty and Lace and Pan Macmillan for the opportunity to read The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James. Peter James is a number one best selling author known for crime and thriller novels. This book is the sequel to The House of Cold Hill. I haven’t read the first book, but it didn’t stop me from enjoying … [Read more...]
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