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Title: A Dissection of Murder {Dr Dody McCleland #1} Author: Felicity Young Published: Harper Collins March 2012 Synopsis: A woman. A doctor. A beastly science. At the turn of the twentieth century, London’s political climate is in turmoil, as women fight for the right to vote. Dody McCleland
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I am pleased to welcome Margareta Osborn to Book’d Out. She graciously agreed to participate in my Australian Women Writer feature and I am glad to introduce her debut novel, Bella’s Run. An entertaining and heartwarming country romance, Margareta introduces Bella Vermaelon and her best
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Title: Bella’s Run Author: Margareta Osborn Published: Random House March 2012 Synopsis: Bella threw her hat into the air. ‘We’ve lived one of our dreams, Patty. Our outback road trip is done. Now we’re free and ready for our next adventure. God, I love life!’ Bella Ve
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Title: The Memory Tree Author: Tess Evans Published: Allen & Unwin Australia Feb 2012 Synopsis: When Paulina dies mid-dance, she leaves 12-year-old Zav and 7-year-old Sealie with their loving but unstable father, Hal. The grieving family decides to plant a tree in her memory – a magnolia w
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Wendy James lives in New South Wales, Australia, a mother of four children she juggles child care with work, university studies, and of course writing. Wendy’s first novel, Out of the Silence (Random House, 2005), won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award and was followed by The Steele Diaries (2008), a collecti
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The Its Monday! What Are You Reading meme is hosted at Book Journey. Last week, I discovered a library in my town that I never knew existed! On the main street through town, though not in the central shopping street, there is a door squeezed in between an optometrists and a real estate agent with [.
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Title: The Mistake Author: Wendy James Published: Penguin Australia Feb 2012 Synopsis: The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past … Jodie Garrow is a teenager from the wrong side of the tracks when she falls pregnant. Scared, alone and desperate to make something of her life, she makes the
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Title: The Little Shadows Author: Marina Endicott Published: Allen & Unwin Feb 2012 Synopsis: The Little Shadows revolves around three sisters in the world of vaudeville before and during the First World War. We follow the lives of all three in turn: Aurora, the eldest and most beautiful, who is
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Last week I asked you to tell me what stops you from commenting on a post, this week I want to know what you want from a post, specifically what sort of information do you want a book blog to share about the books they review? Most book bloggers tend to devise a template for [...]
I am thrilled to host Paddy O’Reilly at Book’d Out today. Paddy O’Reilly’s latest novel, The Fine Colour of Rust, will be released in March, 2012 in Australia, the UK and the USA. The Fine Colour of Rust is a wryly funny, beautifully observed, life-affirming novel about friendship, love
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