Fiction > Adult > Contemporary
Islands by Peggy Frew
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
There was a house on a hill in the city and it was full of us, our family, but then it began to empty. We fell out. We made a mess. We draped ourselves in blame and disappointment and lurched around, bumping into each other. Some of us wailed and shouted; some of us barely made a sound. None of us was l ...Show more
Purple Roads by Fleur McDonald
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Anna and Matt Butler were childhood sweethearts with a dream of owning their own land, a dream they achieved through hard work and determination. But as the seasons conspire against them and Matt is involved in a terrible accident, the couple face financial ruin and the loss of their farm. As they fight ...Show more
Mothers and Daughters by Erica James
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Even happy families have their secrets...'Wise and warm with plenty of twists and turns, you'll love this engrossing family story' Rachel Hore'Achingly wonderful, peerless storytelling with heart, soul and gentle wisdom - I adored this book' Miranda DickinsonSince the sudden death of her husband, Naomi ...Show more
A Life of Her Own (PB) by Fiona McCallum
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From Australia's master storyteller comes an inspiring story about standing up for yourself, making difficult choices and chasing your dreams. When knowledge gives you the power to change your life.... Alice Hamilton loved being a mature-age student, but now she's finished her university degree she ne ...Show more
The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Instant New York Times bestseller!Inspired by the real-life heroine who saved thousands of Jewish children during WWII, The Warsaw Orphan is Kelly Rimmer's most anticipated novel since her bestselling sensation, The Things We Cannot Say."Gripping... This one easily stands on its own." --Publishers Weekl ...Show more
A Home For Broken Hearts / R Coleman (PB) by Rowan Coleman
$12.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreetis Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday. After two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave th ...Show more
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOLDFINCH Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. 'What we did was terrible, but still I don't think any of us were ...Show more
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of re ...Show more
Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Oxygen Thief Diaries
Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer's assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He's blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but abov ...Show more
The Rosie Result (C-format) by Graeme Simsion
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Don Tillman Ser. | Reading Level: very good
I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began...' Don and Rosie are back in Melbourne after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important project. Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school- his teachers say he isn't fitting in with the other kids. Meanwhi ...Show more
Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Your sister needs you. But her child needs you more... A moving page-turner with a heart-pounding dilemma: Your sister or her baby. Who do you choose? Fans of Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes will love Australia's Kelly Rimmer. As children, Lexie and Annie were incredibly close. Bonded by the death of their ...Show more