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Aussie Readers
Books mentioned in this topic
Gone to Ground (other topics)Just One Wish (other topics)
Silver Linings: a heartwarming Australian novel for children and winner of the 2025 NSW Premier's Prize of Children's Writing (other topics)
The Orphans (other topics)
Lake of Echoes (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Bronwyn Hall (other topics)Rachael Johns (other topics)
Katrina Nannestad (other topics)
Fiona McIntosh (other topics)
Liza Perrat (other topics)
Our choices are:
HUNTED. ALONE. AFRAID... A heart-in-the-mouth and utterly addictive adventure thriller from a phenomenal debut Australian talent.
UN surgeon Rachel Forester is posted at a remote medical clinic deep in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With violence escalating in the region, Dr Forester risks her life by remaining to tend an injured child while the rest of her team evacuates. On the cusp of her final desperate chance to leave, a soldier is carried into the camp by three other members of his unit, his condition so critical, his airlift must take priority over hers.
Three women, three secrets, one life-changing journey.
Alice has always been a trailblazer as a scientist, activist and mother. She knew her choices would involve sacrifices, but now, on the eve of her eightieth birthday, she's beginning to wonder if she's sacrificed too much.
A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad.
Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edith with slappy hands, a sharp tongue and the disturbing belief that peas are proper food.
Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male dominated funeral industry.
Raised in the outback of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer.
To vote for your choice of the above four reads, click on this link and have your say!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...
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