The Garden of Hopes and Dreams by the award-winning novelist, Barbara Hannay, is her tenth novel, a heartwarming story of discovering love, friendship and the joy of rooftop gardening. Vera Challinor, now widowed, feels she has been banished from her former, longtime home on Jindabilla Station to the top floor of the Riverview apartment block in unfamiliar Brisbane. … [Read more...] about The Garden of Hopes and Dreams by Barbara Hannay – Book Review
The Rabbits by Sophie Overett – Book Review
The Rabbits by Sophie Overett is the winner of the Penguin Literary Prize and the Kathleen Mitchell Award. Delia Rabbit’s relationship with her own mother became toxic after the disappearance of her older sister, Bo, who was never found. As a consequence, Delia left home at eighteen. Years later Delia is an art teacher at a Queensland College. Separated from her … [Read more...] about The Rabbits by Sophie Overett – Book Review
Annie Stanley, All At Sea by Sue Teddern – Book Review
Annie Stanley, All At Sea by Sue Teddern, an experienced scriptwriter for TV and radio, is her first novel. Annie Stanley, currently unemployed and unlucky in love, feels she is going nowhere fast. Then, her much-loved father is taken from her, dying unexpectedly. When the stepmother, that she dislikes, decides to scatter his ashes in a place that meant nothing to him, … [Read more...] about Annie Stanley, All At Sea by Sue Teddern – Book Review
You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry – Book Review
You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry is about two young people, Poppy and Alex, who find they both hail from Ohio (he from West Linfield, she from East Linfield), when they meet on orientation night at the University of Chicago - 12 Summers ago. 11 Summers ago - they share a road … [Read more...] about You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry – Book Review
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean – Book Review
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean is the uproarious tale of a Japanese/American seventeen-year-old who discovers that she’s actually Her Imperial Highness, Princess Izumi, aka “The lost Butterfly” and daughter of the Crown Prince of Japan. OMG!! Up until now, Izzy has hung around with her friends Noora (her bestie), Hansani and Glory in their small N. California town. Aware … [Read more...] about Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean – Book Review