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Jas16
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Set in 1926 Australia, Tom and Isabel live on a remote island where he is the lighthouse keeper. Isabel has suffered multiple miscarriages when a boat arrives carrying a dead man and a living baby girl. When Tom goes to report the incident Isabel convinces him to say nothing so that they can raise the child as their own. I was so irritated with them both as I read this but couldn‘t deny that I was emotionally invested in seeing what was to come.

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MrsMalaprop
Searching for Charmian | Suzanne Chick
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What a story🥹. What writing 😍.
Imagine if you grew up knowing you were adopted and were told a fiction about the circumstances of your birth.
In your late 40s you get hold of your original birth certificate, and read your biological mother‘s name…famous Australian writer Charmian Clift.
This book was re-released after the author‘s daughter Gina Chick wrote her memoir, We Are The Stars, a book I read and loved in 2024.
Wonderful 🥰🙏👏

CarolynM I read this one a long time ago and I wondered if it would get rereleased when Gina‘s book got so much attention. It is a great book and a really interesting twist on the adoption story, don‘t you think? 3d
MrsMalaprop @CarolynM Yes, so interesting and well done by Suzanne Chick. 3d
Rissreadswithcats Staaaaaaaaaaaaaacked!!!!!!! 💙 2d
Rissreadswithcats I just realised today that with my Spotify account I get 15 hrs of free Audio book listening. This was included. It scraped in at 14hrs and 48 mins 🤣 I‘m so excited! 2d
Jeg Can‘t wait to read this. Heard her on the radio. 2d
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LapReader
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Very happy with my scores from the book swap on my walk home from pole dance rehearsal for the showcase last night. We also finished the dance so now we have 5 weeks to perfect it and get ready to shake my arse in a small amount of fabric in front of an audience. Nothing I haven‘t done before or won‘t do again. Seriously though it‘s a lot of fun and you should try it too. Ha!

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Lesliereadsalot
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I‘m on a roll, one good book after another! One old black and white photo causes Hannah to return to London from Australia. As we get to know her, we meet past generations of her family, who they were, how they lived. Her boyfriend Max seems so great, but he‘s a ghost from the very beginning, and as we learn about her past, he does as well. It‘s a sad story, but made quite the impression.

BarbaraBB Yes! I loved this one as well! And you‘re definitely on a roll! 6d
Ruthiella I will definitely pick this up at some point. I really liked 6d
Cathythoughts Lucky you on a roll 🥰 I have this on the shelf and I must read it. (edited) 5d
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Eggs
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“That's how life goes on - protected by the silence that anesthetizes shame.”

#BigSecret

#Bibliophile

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Loved this one! 5d
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I also liked the film -very touching 😌 4d
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Octoberwoman
Redemption Point | Candice Fox
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Just as good as the first book in the series! I ordered the next two before I‘d even finished this one.

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LapReader
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Pretty sure I found these on a midsummer night. It‘s started to get 🥶 like it does every yr after the Writer‘s Festival & every yr I hate it! I ❤️ the mags at the bottom of the pile. They‘re from the Art Gallery of NSW & my State Library. I collect the tagged 📕 series. The covers are so pretty. I‘m a big fan of Inga Simpson & got to meet her at the SWF. She isn‘t as serious as she seems on stage. We spoke about her new book set where I grew up.

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Jeg
Australia Day | Melanie Cheng
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2 Aussie authors. Tagged book going free as a throw out from local library. The other published last year $1 in an op shop. Could not believe it @MrsMalaprop . On to my TBR shelf they go. Also got to see some of the Sydney Writer‘s Festival on the big screen at our State Library. Helen Garner, Ian Rankin and Anna Funder.

MrsMalaprop What a great little haul! 1w
CarolynM Nice finds!🙂 1w
Rissreadswithcats Lucky you! I‘m on the hunt for the Georgia Blain. I‘ll be interested in hearing what you think of her short stories. (edited) 23h
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Teresereading
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Geraldton - childhood home of Randolph Stow. I was surprised there was so little acknowledgement of his work. But we did find the modern day version of the merry-go-round in the sea.
#bookloversday #AustralianWriters
#writershomes #merrygoroundinthesea

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LapReader
Willowman | Inga Simpson
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I‘ve been at the Sydney Writer‘s Festival since Wednesday when this photo was taken. It‘s been hectic catching up with friends and family. I didn‘t get to my first lecture due to the current East Coast Low causing havoc so I took the time to have a nice lunch at Fratelli Fresh at Darling Harbour before heading to the Maritime Museum to listen to Why We Swim. I didn‘t realise how many book releases they do outside the fest dates. I‘ll be back.