https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BIBITM%3E%20(ITMCOLX%3ABGK)&QRYTEXT=Page%20to%20Screen&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © Civica Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=749403&CF=BIB What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambitious and dreams of going to Oxford University, but for most of her life she has been told her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has. She is extraordinary but vulnerable. Peggy needs to watch over her. When refugees arrive from the devastated cities of Belgium, it sends ripples through the community and through the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can use her intellect and not just her hands, but as war and illness reshape her world, it is love, and the responsibility that comes with it, that threaten to hold her back. What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambitious and dreams of going to Oxford University, but for most of her life she has been told her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has. She is extraordinary but vulnerable. Peggy needs to watch over her. When refugees arrive from the devastated cities of Belgium, it sends ripples through the community and through the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can use her intellect and not just her hands, but as war and illness reshape her world, it is love, and the responsibility that comes with it, that threaten to hold her back.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Williams, Pip, 1969-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Boon Wurrung Country ; South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />438 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 04 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 30A - Box set: The bookbinder of Jericho / Pip Williams. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 24 Jun 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=749404&CF=BIB A heartfelt, funny and uplifting debut about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love, two friends embarking on a catering business - and the four funerals that connect them all. This is a story about Clare, Louisa and Chris. And sometimes Paul, and less often, Beth. It is most certainly not about frittatas (a terrible concession), and more to do with lemon tart (a perfect contrast of textures). It is about what to do when your husband tells you that he doesn't love you anymore. And what to do when your wife leaves you after too many rounds of IVF. It's about helping your new friend with her funeral catering business, and discovering that, sometimes, the most unlikely of pairings are the very, very best. It is about food that is outrageously good and comforting to sad people. And, for once, not being sensible, and throwing away everything you know. Catering, like life, doesn't always go according to plan, and as Clare, Louisa and Chris's stories become more intertwined, they will learn that life will always manage to break in to remind you of just how good it can be. This is a book about living. After all, the thing about death is that it makes life important. A heartfelt, funny and uplifting debut about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love, two friends embarking on a catering business - and the four funerals that connect them all. This is a story about Clare, Louisa and Chris. And sometimes Paul, and less often, Beth. It is most certainly not about frittatas (a terrible concession), and more to do with lemon tart (a perfect contrast of textures). It is about what to do when your husband tells you that he doesn't love you anymore. And what to do when your wife leaves you after too many rounds of IVF. It's about helping your new friend with her funeral catering business, and discovering that, sometimes, the most unlikely of pairings are the very, very best. It is about food that is outrageously good and comforting to sad people. And, for once, not being sensible, and throwing away everything you know. Catering, like life, doesn't always go according to plan, and as Clare, Louisa and Chris's stories become more intertwined, they will learn that life will always manage to break in to remind you of just how good it can be. This is a book about living. After all, the thing about death is that it makes life important.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Yarwood, Dianne<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />296 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 04 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 281 - Box set: The wakes / Dianne Yarwood. {Book Group Kit} - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=748237&CF=BIB Russian millionaire, Dmitry Lebedev, has been flying under the radar in Sydney for years. Now somebody wants him dead. Desperate to make a deal to stay alive, he contacts his former CIA case officer, Ronnie Johnson, with an offer to expose a traitor inside the Australian government, threatening a key intelligence partnership with the US Journalist John Bailey has spent decades risking his life to break news stories. Along the way he's made interesting friends, including Ronnie - who saved his life in Iraq - and Scarlett Merriman - whose night in a Sydney hotel with Lebedev left her in a coma. Bailey's investigation into what happened to Scarlett plunges him head-first into the global spy game. And his old friend, Ronnie Johnson, needs his help. Because the same people going after Lebedev have framed Ronnie for murder. Russian millionaire, Dmitry Lebedev, has been flying under the radar in Sydney for years. Now somebody wants him dead. Desperate to make a deal to stay alive, he contacts his former CIA case officer, Ronnie Johnson, with an offer to expose a traitor inside the Australian government, threatening a key intelligence partnership with the US Journalist John Bailey has spent decades risking his life to break news stories. Along the way he's made interesting friends, including Ronnie - who saved his life in Iraq - and Scarlett Merriman - whose night in a Sydney hotel with Lebedev left her in a coma. Bailey's investigation into what happened to Scarlett plunges him head-first into the global spy game. And his old friend, Ronnie Johnson, needs his help. Because the same people going after Lebedev have framed Ronnie for murder.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ayliffe, Tim<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br />309 pages ; 24 cm.<br />John Bailey<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 87 - Box set: Killer Traitor Spy/ Tim Ayliffe [BookgroupKit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=748245&CF=BIB Lenny Marks is good at not remembering. She has spent the last twenty years not thinking about the day her mother left her when she was still a child. Her stepfather's parting words, however, remain annoyingly unforgettable: 'You did this.' Now thirty-seven, Lenny prefers contentment and order over the unreliability of happiness and the messiness of relationships. She fills her days teaching at the local primary school, and her nights playing Scrabble with her pretend housemate, watching reruns of Friends and rearranging her thirty-six copies of The Hobbit. Recently though, if only to appease her beloved foster-mum, Lenny has set herself the goal of 'getting a life'. Then, out of the blue, a letter arrives from the Adult Parole Board. And when her desperate attempts to ignore it fail, Lenny starts to unravel. Worse, she starts to remember... Lenny Marks is good at not remembering. She has spent the last twenty years not thinking about the day her mother left her when she was still a child. Her stepfather's parting words, however, remain annoyingly unforgettable: 'You did this.' Now thirty-seven, Lenny prefers contentment and order over the unreliability of happiness and the messiness of relationships. She fills her days teaching at the local primary school, and her nights playing Scrabble with her pretend housemate, watching reruns of Friends and rearranging her thirty-six copies of The Hobbit. Recently though, if only to appease her beloved foster-mum, Lenny has set herself the goal of 'getting a life'. Then, out of the blue, a letter arrives from the Adult Parole Board. And when her desperate attempts to ignore it fail, Lenny starts to unravel. Worse, she starts to remember...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mayne, Kerryn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Southbank, Vic.] : Bantam, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br />341 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 68 - Box set: Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder/Kerryn Mayne [BookGroupKit] - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=761899&CF=BIB Cornwall, 1944. When Rupert Dash is declared missing, presumed dead during the Battle of Arnhem, his wife, Florence, is devastated. She can't accept that he has gone from her life forever, and so when she finds a poem called 'Wait for Me' hidden in an old book, she believes it's a sign from her husband. A promise that he will return to her. London, 1988. Since childhood Max has suffered from a recurring nightmare. Surrounded by the horrific chaos of war, he has an urgent mission he knows he must complete. But time after time, the dream ends with him awaking in terror, his heart pounding from the horror of the battlefield. Desperate to understand why he is haunted by such terrible visions, Max embarks on a journey that leads him to Cornwall and a man named Rupert Dash. Melbourne, 1995. Florence receives a letter from someone she has never met, who lives on the other side of the world. This stranger says he remembers a life that belonged to another before him. Could this be the one person Florence has waited fifty-one years to meet again? Cornwall, 1944. When Rupert Dash is declared missing, presumed dead during the Battle of Arnhem, his wife, Florence, is devastated. She can't accept that he has gone from her life forever, and so when she finds a poem called 'Wait for Me' hidden in an old book, she believes it's a sign from her husband. A promise that he will return to her. London, 1988. Since childhood Max has suffered from a recurring nightmare. Surrounded by the horrific chaos of war, he has an urgent mission he knows he must complete. But time after time, the dream ends with him awaking in terror, his heart pounding from the horror of the battlefield. Desperate to understand why he is haunted by such terrible visions, Max embarks on a journey that leads him to Cornwall and a man named Rupert Dash. Melbourne, 1995. Florence receives a letter from someone she has never met, who lives on the other side of the world. This stranger says he remembers a life that belonged to another before him. Could this be the one person Florence has waited fifty-one years to meet again?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Montefiore, Santa, 1970-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />373 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 10 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 43 - Box set: Wait for Me / Santa Montefiore. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=761900&CF=BIB Twenty-five years after the end of the war, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth is reflecting on the secret agent who saved his life when a mission went wrong during his perilous, exhilarating years in occupied France. He never knew her real name, nor whether she survived the war. His daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers. What follows is the story of Fleur and Chloe, two otherwise ordinary women who in 1943 are called up by the SOE for deployment in France. Taking enormous risks with very little information or resources, the women have no idea they're at the mercy of a double agent within their ranks who's causing chaos. As Charlotte's search for answers continues, new suspicions are raised about the identity of the double agent, with unsettling clues pointing to her father. Twenty-five years after the end of the war, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth is reflecting on the secret agent who saved his life when a mission went wrong during his perilous, exhilarating years in occupied France. He never knew her real name, nor whether she survived the war. His daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers. What follows is the story of Fleur and Chloe, two otherwise ordinary women who in 1943 are called up by the SOE for deployment in France. Taking enormous risks with very little information or resources, the women have no idea they're at the mercy of a double agent within their ranks who's causing chaos. As Charlotte's search for answers continues, new suspicions are raised about the identity of the double agent, with unsettling clues pointing to her father.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rimmer, Kelly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />332 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 10 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 45 - Box set: The Paris Agent / Kelly Rimmer. [Book group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=753693&CF=BIB Dublin, 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people are caught up in events that will bring love, tragedy - and the hardest of choices. In a country fighting for freedom, it's hard to live a normal life. Winnie O'Leary supports the cause, but she doesn't go looking for trouble. Then rebel Joseph Burke steps into her workplace. Winnie is furious with him about a broken window. She's not interested in romance. But love comes when you least expect it. Joseph's family shelter fugitives and smuggle weapons. Joseph would never ask Winnie to join the fight; but his mother and sisters demand commitment. Will Winnie choose Joseph, and put her own loved ones in deadly danger? Or wait for a time of peace that may never come? Dublin, 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people are caught up in events that will bring love, tragedy - and the hardest of choices. In a country fighting for freedom, it's hard to live a normal life. Winnie O'Leary supports the cause, but she doesn't go looking for trouble. Then rebel Joseph Burke steps into her workplace. Winnie is furious with him about a broken window. She's not interested in romance. But love comes when you least expect it. Joseph's family shelter fugitives and smuggle weapons. Joseph would never ask Winnie to join the fight; but his mother and sisters demand commitment. Will Winnie choose Joseph, and put her own loved ones in deadly danger? Or wait for a time of peace that may never come?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>O'Flanagan, Sheila<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Headline Review, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />370 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 05 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 31A - Box set: The Woman on the Bridge / Sheila O'Flanagan. . [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=764880&CF=BIB In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theatre company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. This novel is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theatre company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. This novel is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Patchett, Ann<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />309 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 284 - Box set: Tom Lake / Ann Patchett. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=764881&CF=BIB Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from her push-chair, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she's planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning up mess and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith's own daughter, Clio, won't speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio's door . . . and their intentions aren't good. With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from her push-chair, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she's planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning up mess and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith's own daughter, Clio, won't speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio's door . . . and their intentions aren't good. With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Feeney, Alice<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 283 - Box set: Good Bad girl / Alice Feeney. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=730638&CF=BIB It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow -- and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling -- and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.This Book Group Kit contains 2 bags. It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow -- and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling -- and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.<br />This Book Group Kit contains 2 bags.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1984-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bantam, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br />410 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 04 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 29A - Box set: Spare / Prince Harry. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=761901&CF=BIB With DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in. Bob is sixty-five years old, confined to a Perth nursing home. But thirty years ago, he killed a man in the remote northern Kimberley mining region. He offers to show Sparrow where the body is, but there's a catch: Sparrow must travel north with him under the guise of being his carer. They are accompanied on the drive by another nursing home resident: Luke, thirty years old, paralysed in a motorbike accident. As they embark on their road trip through the guts of Western Australia, pursued by outback police and adrenaline-soaked miners, Sparrow beings to suspect that Bob's desire to head north may have sinister motivations. Is Luke being held against his will? And what lies in store for them when they reach their goal? With DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in. Bob is sixty-five years old, confined to a Perth nursing home. But thirty years ago, he killed a man in the remote northern Kimberley mining region. He offers to show Sparrow where the body is, but there's a catch: Sparrow must travel north with him under the guise of being his carer. They are accompanied on the drive by another nursing home resident: Luke, thirty years old, paralysed in a motorbike accident. As they embark on their road trip through the guts of Western Australia, pursued by outback police and adrenaline-soaked miners, Sparrow beings to suspect that Bob's desire to head north may have sinister motivations. Is Luke being held against his will? And what lies in store for them when they reach their goal?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Papathanasiou, Peter<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : MacLehose Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />296 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 10 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 47 - Box set: The Pit / Peter Papathanasiou. [Book Group kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=732041&CF=BIB With two bright children, a beautiful home and a husband she's always depended on, Lillian Hogarth considers herself blessed. Until, on her son Jamie's final day of high school, he fails to come home. Hospitalised by a coward's punch, Jamie has been the victim of a muck-up day celebration that went too far. Lillian's support is unflinching, even as her world begins to crumble. A son whose fate hangs in the balance, a teenage witness who refuses to name the one who threw the punch, and a husband who's hiding a secret that could destroy their marriage. Is this the end of the Hogarth family's good luck? Or will Jamie's determination -- and Lillian's love -- be the making of them? With two bright children, a beautiful home and a husband she's always depended on, Lillian Hogarth considers herself blessed. Until, on her son Jamie's final day of high school, he fails to come home. Hospitalised by a coward's punch, Jamie has been the victim of a muck-up day celebration that went too far. Lillian's support is unflinching, even as her world begins to crumble. A son whose fate hangs in the balance, a teenage witness who refuses to name the one who threw the punch, and a husband who's hiding a secret that could destroy their marriage. Is this the end of the Hogarth family's good luck? Or will Jamie's determination -- and Lillian's love -- be the making of them?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gannon, Genevieve<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeraygal Country : Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br />378 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 269 - Box set: The Gifted Son / Genevieve Gannon. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=734136&CF=BIB John Lacey lusts for power and knows that gold can bring him riches and influence beyond his wildest dreams. Only he knows the terrible crime he committed to attain that wealth. Years later, as Lacey ruthlessly presides over the town he built and named after himself, no one has the courage to question his power or how he wields it. Brothers Ernst and Joe Montague are on the run from the law. They land in Lacey's town and commit desperate crimes to avoid capture. Lacey vows retribution and galvanises those in the town to hunt them down. But not everyone is blind to Lacey's evil, and a reckoning is approaching. John Lacey lusts for power and knows that gold can bring him riches and influence beyond his wildest dreams. Only he knows the terrible crime he committed to attain that wealth. Years later, as Lacey ruthlessly presides over the town he built and named after himself, no one has the courage to question his power or how he wields it. Brothers Ernst and Joe Montague are on the run from the law. They land in Lacey's town and commit desperate crimes to avoid capture. Lacey vows retribution and galvanises those in the town to hunt them down. But not everyone is blind to Lacey's evil, and a reckoning is approaching.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hobson, Ben<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br />342 pages ; 23 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 272 - Box set: The Death of John Lacey [Book Group Kit] /Ben Hobson. - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=744022&CF=BIB Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends -- only with her in charge -- and because there would be no men. It comes as a nasty shock, then, when Luke, the handsome grandson of no-nonsense Edith, decides to stay and learn to crochet. Claire has five children, which is why people sometimes look at her with mild concern. She longs for an Insta-perfect life like her online hero, Siobhan, but she's drowning in domestic failure. She joins the Copeton craft group in the hope of making some non-virtual friends. Yasmin is Muslim and proud. But sometimes it would be great if people stopped asking her about her hijab and instead asked who she thought was going to win MasterChef. With plans for a new mosque, Copeton becomes a breeding ground for Islamophobia. The Copeton Crochet Club becomes the Craft Resistance. Together, this small band of fibre-arts enthusiasts battle racism and bigotry with colour and creativity, but will the fragile threads of community be enough to bind them when more than one member has something to hide? Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends -- only with her in charge -- and because there would be no men. It comes as a nasty shock, then, when Luke, the handsome grandson of no-nonsense Edith, decides to stay and learn to crochet. Claire has five children, which is why people sometimes look at her with mild concern. She longs for an Insta-perfect life like her online hero, Siobhan, but she's drowning in domestic failure. She joins the Copeton craft group in the hope of making some non-virtual friends. Yasmin is Muslim and proud. But sometimes it would be great if people stopped asking her about her hijab and instead asked who she thought was going to win MasterChef. With plans for a new mosque, Copeton becomes a breeding ground for Islamophobia. The Copeton Crochet Club becomes the Craft Resistance. Together, this small band of fibre-arts enthusiasts battle racism and bigotry with colour and creativity, but will the fragile threads of community be enough to bind them when more than one member has something to hide?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Solly, Kate<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Boon Wurrung Country ; South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />316 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 219 - Box set: Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance / Kate Solly. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=747390&CF=BIB In 1942, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nurses to the fallen soldiers in a time of war. What they encounter is an army of new friends and the terrors of a city under siege. When the Japanese attack and Singapore falls, they are forced to flee aboard the Vyner Brooke. The ship is bombed, resulting in utter devastation. Separated in the mayhem, one group of nurses find themselves in prisoner-of-war camps for the duration of the war, surviving on their wits, with humour, dignity, loyalty and determination. But another group of young Australian nurses - the girls on the beach - are washed ashore on Banka Island, where they will meet a fate that must never be forgotten. Inspired by the author's own family story, this is an unforgettable novel of enduring friendship and boundless courage, based on the shocking true events of the Bangka Island Massacre. It is both a riveting tale and an important tribute to our brave nurses who sacrificed so much during WWII. In 1942, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nurses to the fallen soldiers in a time of war. What they encounter is an army of new friends and the terrors of a city under siege. When the Japanese attack and Singapore falls, they are forced to flee aboard the Vyner Brooke. The ship is bombed, resulting in utter devastation. Separated in the mayhem, one group of nurses find themselves in prisoner-of-war camps for the duration of the war, surviving on their wits, with humour, dignity, loyalty and determination. But another group of young Australian nurses - the girls on the beach - are washed ashore on Banka Island, where they will meet a fate that must never be forgotten. Inspired by the author's own family story, this is an unforgettable novel of enduring friendship and boundless courage, based on the shocking true events of the Bangka Island Massacre. It is both a riveting tale and an important tribute to our brave nurses who sacrificed so much during WWII.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hodgson, Anthea<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Camberwell, Vic.] : Michael Joseph, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />393 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 05 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 013 - Box set: The War Nurses / Anthea Hodgson. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=764882&CF=BIB The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread. There is serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to say about everything. As secrets threaten to be exposed and work demands increase, each staff member begins to lose sight of the things that matter most. There is Tyson, first year out of uni and nervous as hell, Derek the Assistant Principal who's dropped the ball on administration, Bev from the office who is confronting a serious diagnosis, and Sally-Ann who is desperate for a child of her own. Thank goodness for kids like Lionel Merrick. Lionel is the student who steals your heart and makes the whole teaching gig worthwhile: he is cheerful, likeable, helpful and devoted to his little sister Lacey. But Lionel has a secret of his own. As his future slides from vulnerable to dangerous, will someone from St Margaret's realise before it's too late? As secrets threaten to be exposed and working demands increase, each staff member begins to lose sight of the things that matter most. The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread. There is serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to say about everything. As secrets threaten to be exposed and work demands increase, each staff member begins to lose sight of the things that matter most. There is Tyson, first year out of uni and nervous as hell, Derek the Assistant Principal who's dropped the ball on administration, Bev from the office who is confronting a serious diagnosis, and Sally-Ann who is desperate for a child of her own. Thank goodness for kids like Lionel Merrick. Lionel is the student who steals your heart and makes the whole teaching gig worthwhile: he is cheerful, likeable, helpful and devoted to his little sister Lacey. But Lionel has a secret of his own. As his future slides from vulnerable to dangerous, will someone from St Margaret's realise before it's too late? As secrets threaten to be exposed and working demands increase, each staff member begins to lose sight of the things that matter most.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stroud, Gabbie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />358 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 285 - Box set: The Things That Matter Most / Gabbie Stroud. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=764883&CF=BIB Noosa Heads, 1987: Newly divorced Cynthia has returned to her home town from Los Angeles to reconnect with her 19-year-old daughter, who is pregnant and determined not to listen to her mother's advice. Cynthia's former best friend, Lorraine, has been stuck mowing lawns as part of a business she shares with her husband - his dream, not hers. When Cynthia convinces Lorraine to join the local Sunshine Gardening Society, they meet young widow Elizabeth, and rootless, heartbroken Kathy. The four women soon discover the society is much more than an opportunity to chat about flowers. Rather, it offers them the chance to lend a helping hand to people whose lives need a bit of care and attention right along with their gardens. Between pulling up weeds and planting natives, the women learn from each other that some roots go deep, and others shallow; that seeds can lie dormant for a long time before they spring to life, and that careful tending is the key to lives and friendships that reach their full potential. Noosa Heads, 1987: Newly divorced Cynthia has returned to her home town from Los Angeles to reconnect with her 19-year-old daughter, who is pregnant and determined not to listen to her mother's advice. Cynthia's former best friend, Lorraine, has been stuck mowing lawns as part of a business she shares with her husband - his dream, not hers. When Cynthia convinces Lorraine to join the local Sunshine Gardening Society, they meet young widow Elizabeth, and rootless, heartbroken Kathy. The four women soon discover the society is much more than an opportunity to chat about flowers. Rather, it offers them the chance to lend a helping hand to people whose lives need a bit of care and attention right along with their gardens. Between pulling up weeds and planting natives, the women learn from each other that some roots go deep, and others shallow; that seeds can lie dormant for a long time before they spring to life, and that careful tending is the key to lives and friendships that reach their full potential.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Green, Sophie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />426 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 05 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 026 - Box set: Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society / Sophie Green. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=763080&CF=BIB The father of two young boys, Laurie reflects on how his own experiences have defined the kind of man he is and the kind of parent he would like to become. His stories - triumphant, funny and sad - draw on Laurie's own childhood experiences and important relationships with family and mates, alongside the challenges of trauma and mental health shared by many men. This memoir openly discusses how Laurie strives to overcome challenges - from breaking generational cycles to maintaining joy in work and parenthood - and how others new to parenting can learn from this authentic story of a first-time dad and his family. The father of two young boys, Laurie reflects on how his own experiences have defined the kind of man he is and the kind of parent he would like to become. His stories - triumphant, funny and sad - draw on Laurie's own childhood experiences and important relationships with family and mates, alongside the challenges of trauma and mental health shared by many men. This memoir openly discusses how Laurie strives to overcome challenges - from breaking generational cycles to maintaining joy in work and parenthood - and how others new to parenting can learn from this authentic story of a first-time dad and his family.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Steed, Laurie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>North Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2023.<br />291 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 71 - Box set: Love, Dad / Laurie Steed. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=763081&CF=BIB Trainee private investigator Lee Southern finds himself drawn into a web of danger and deceit as he investigates a series of bribery attempts targeting a wealthy entrepreneur. Under the expert tutelage of retiring PI Frank Swann, Lee uses all of his developing skills, instincts and cunning to get to the heart of a sordid mystery. As Lee delves deeper into the case and questions the intentions of those he's working for, he finds himself the target of increasingly ominous threats and several attempts on his life. Trainee private investigator Lee Southern finds himself drawn into a web of danger and deceit as he investigates a series of bribery attempts targeting a wealthy entrepreneur. Under the expert tutelage of retiring PI Frank Swann, Lee uses all of his developing skills, instincts and cunning to get to the heart of a sordid mystery. As Lee delves deeper into the case and questions the intentions of those he's working for, he finds himself the target of increasingly ominous threats and several attempts on his life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Whish-Wilson, David<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>North Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br />315 pages ; 24 cm.<br />True west (Series) ; 2.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 85 - Box set: I Am Already Dead / David Whish-Wilson. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=763085&CF=BIB In the aftermath of their mother's death, the lives of the five Tetley siblings fall apart. Rose is abandoned by her beloved brother Frank, while their father, Eddie, is undone by his grief. When Noongar Elders Patsy and Herbert encounter Rose marching away from the mess, they take her home in a storm of red gravel dust that stirs up memories Eddie Tetley would rather forget. Rose finds herself welcomed into a home where she has the chance to discover the true power of belonging. With the help of Patsy and Herbert, she'll find a way to begin to heal not only her family's pain but wounds hidden for a generation. In the aftermath of their mother's death, the lives of the five Tetley siblings fall apart. Rose is abandoned by her beloved brother Frank, while their father, Eddie, is undone by his grief. When Noongar Elders Patsy and Herbert encounter Rose marching away from the mess, they take her home in a storm of red gravel dust that stirs up memories Eddie Tetley would rather forget. Rose finds herself welcomed into a home where she has the chance to discover the true power of belonging. With the help of Patsy and Herbert, she'll find a way to begin to heal not only her family's pain but wounds hidden for a generation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Schmidt, Molly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>North Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023.<br />279 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 282 - Box set: Salt River Road / Molly Schmidt. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 22 May 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=755664&CF=BIB Ketty Clift's couture dressmaking business is thriving but the same can't be said for her staff. Lately, cracks have appeared in the team's harmony, testing relationships and causing issues with customers. Worse, the rumour that Ketty has lost her touch is circulating. So when Ketty's old friend Carlos suggests a holiday by train - on the iconic Ghan, no less - Ketty decides to take her surprised staff with her in the hope of fixing what ails them. But it's not turning out to be the cure-all Ketty had hoped for. Her protective second-in-command, Judith, doubts Carlos's intentions and sows suspicion in Ketty's mind. Her younger staff members, Birgit and Lacey, are beset by relationship disasters and financial worries, whereas invaluable employee Ning is under pressure from her family to retire, and seamstress Tien is terrified of everything outside her comfort zone - especially the outback. Each new stop on the way, and the surprising behaviour of some of the other passengers, affects the group and reveals something more about each of them. As the train pulls deeper into the mesmerising outback, matters seem set to come to a disturbing crescendo. Ketty must sidestep the drama, reunite her troubled workers and save her business and relationships. But will her transformative magic work to bring them all back on track? Ketty Clift's couture dressmaking business is thriving but the same can't be said for her staff. Lately, cracks have appeared in the team's harmony, testing relationships and causing issues with customers. Worse, the rumour that Ketty has lost her touch is circulating. So when Ketty's old friend Carlos suggests a holiday by train - on the iconic Ghan, no less - Ketty decides to take her surprised staff with her in the hope of fixing what ails them. But it's not turning out to be the cure-all Ketty had hoped for. Her protective second-in-command, Judith, doubts Carlos's intentions and sows suspicion in Ketty's mind. Her younger staff members, Birgit and Lacey, are beset by relationship disasters and financial worries, whereas invaluable employee Ning is under pressure from her family to retire, and seamstress Tien is terrified of everything outside her comfort zone - especially the outback. Each new stop on the way, and the surprising behaviour of some of the other passengers, affects the group and reveals something more about each of them. As the train pulls deeper into the mesmerising outback, matters seem set to come to a disturbing crescendo. Ketty must sidestep the drama, reunite her troubled workers and save her business and relationships. But will her transformative magic work to bring them all back on track?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stringer, Tricia, 1956-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />450 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 04 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 32A - Box set: Back on Track / Tricia Stringer. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 18 Jun 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=779296&CF=BIB The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under-but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewellery on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favour to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil-can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written-is there still time to find a happy ending? The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under-but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewellery on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favour to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil-can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written-is there still time to find a happy ending?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Murray, Paul, 1975-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />645 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 14 May 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 18 - Box set: The Bee Sting/ Paul Murray [BookGroupKit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=779366&CF=BIB Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth -- all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1938 novel that all of New York seems to have read. But there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit. Hernan Diaz's Trust elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with each other and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans an entire century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation. Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth -- all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1938 novel that all of New York seems to have read. But there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit. Hernan Diaz's Trust elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with each other and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans an entire century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Díaz, Hernán, 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022.<br />402 pages ; 25 cm.<br /><br />eResources - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - BOOK CLUB NOTES - Available Online (Set: 16 May 2024) - Access resource<br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 123 - Box set: Trust/Hernan Diaz [BookGroupKit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=763083&CF=BIB Fan's idyllic life in Adelaide is interrupted when her mother, Agnes, announces the family must move to Western Australia to take care of Fan's grandfather, a man Agnes has never even mentioned before. As her relationship with her mother fractures, Fan is surprised to find herself forming an alliance with the crotchety old man. While tension simmers between Agnes and Edwin, Fan takes to snooping amongst his possessions. In seeking truth from the fragments her grandfather has shared with her, Fan does not realise how carefully Edwin has constructed his story -- or what will happen to her family when she unearths secrets buried for decades. Fan's idyllic life in Adelaide is interrupted when her mother, Agnes, announces the family must move to Western Australia to take care of Fan's grandfather, a man Agnes has never even mentioned before. As her relationship with her mother fractures, Fan is surprised to find herself forming an alliance with the crotchety old man. While tension simmers between Agnes and Edwin, Fan takes to snooping amongst his possessions. In seeking truth from the fragments her grandfather has shared with her, Fan does not realise how carefully Edwin has constructed his story -- or what will happen to her family when she unearths secrets buried for decades.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Booth, Sharron<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022.<br />232 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 185 - Box set: The Silence of Water / Sharron Booth. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=744309&CF=BIB Jessie Else disappeared the summer the Lambs came to Magpie Beach. Not that the two events were connected at all, in reality; only in my own head, in my own world. They marked for me the end of a certain quiet time and the start of a more complicated living. Winifred is a small town full of prejudices and assumptions. Meg and Lily are outsiders who live on its margins at Magpie Beach, where they've managed to keep out of each other's - and everyone else's - way for years. That is, until Rosemary comes along and draws them into an unlikely friendship. When nine-year-old Jessie Else goes missing, the residents of Winifred begin locking their doors, and fingers soon start pointing towards Magpie Beach. Questions threaten to undo Meg, Rosemary and Lily's quiet existence, and the women band together to protect themselves, and to protect each other, but all three are holding secrets that are too big for them to keep on their own. It's only a matter of time before they start to unravel-and nothing will ever be the same again. Jessie Else disappeared the summer the Lambs came to Magpie Beach. Not that the two events were connected at all, in reality; only in my own head, in my own world. They marked for me the end of a certain quiet time and the start of a more complicated living. Winifred is a small town full of prejudices and assumptions. Meg and Lily are outsiders who live on its margins at Magpie Beach, where they've managed to keep out of each other's - and everyone else's - way for years. That is, until Rosemary comes along and draws them into an unlikely friendship. When nine-year-old Jessie Else goes missing, the residents of Winifred begin locking their doors, and fingers soon start pointing towards Magpie Beach. Questions threaten to undo Meg, Rosemary and Lily's quiet existence, and the women band together to protect themselves, and to protect each other, but all three are holding secrets that are too big for them to keep on their own. It's only a matter of time before they start to unravel-and nothing will ever be the same again.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wolhuter, Louise<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Ultimo, NSW : Ultimo Press, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />295 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 275 - Box set: An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb/ Louise Wolhuter [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 10 Jun 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=744623&CF=BIB It's 1978. Charlie is sixteen and pregnant and the only legal abortion clinic in Auckland has been forced to close. She has to fly to Sydney, but the plane is delayed on the tarmac. It's 2019. Charlie's quiet life in Wellington with her neuro-divergent grandson is shattered by the arrival of his first girlfriend and the father he has never met. As the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold and the country goes into lockdown, Charlie must counsel her grandson through his new relationships and confront the choices she made decades earlier. Loop Tracks is a major New Zealand novel, written in real time as the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand General Election and euthanasia referendum in 2020 unfolded. It's 1978. Charlie is sixteen and pregnant and the only legal abortion clinic in Auckland has been forced to close. She has to fly to Sydney, but the plane is delayed on the tarmac. It's 2019. Charlie's quiet life in Wellington with her neuro-divergent grandson is shattered by the arrival of his first girlfriend and the father he has never met. As the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold and the country goes into lockdown, Charlie must counsel her grandson through his new relationships and confront the choices she made decades earlier. Loop Tracks is a major New Zealand novel, written in real time as the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand General Election and euthanasia referendum in 2020 unfolded.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Orr, Sue, 1962-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Perth, Western Australia : Upswell, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2021.<br />334 pages ; 21 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 162 - Box set: Loop Tracks / Sue Orr. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=745738&CF=BIB Inspired by a personal moment of profound love and generosity, Trent Dalton spent two months in 2021 speaking to people from all walks of life, asking them one simple and direct question: 'Can you please tell me a love story?' The result is a book about love in all its guises, including observations, reflections and stories of people falling into love, falling out of love, and never letting go of the loved ones in their hearts. Inspired by a personal moment of profound love and generosity, Trent Dalton spent two months in 2021 speaking to people from all walks of life, asking them one simple and direct question: 'Can you please tell me a love story?' The result is a book about love in all its guises, including observations, reflections and stories of people falling into love, falling out of love, and never letting go of the loved ones in their hearts.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dalton, Trent<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : The Borough Press, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2021.<br />337 pages ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 103 - Box set: Love Stories / Trent Dalton. [Book Group Kit] - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=732567&CF=BIB This is a novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer--and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up. Everyone knows Daisy Jones and The Six. They sold out arenas from coast to coast. Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy. But on July 12 1979, on the night of the final concert of the Aurora tour, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now. Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up in L.A. with rich parents who barely know she exists. But when she sings in a crowded, smoky club, you can hear a pin drop. All she wants is to write her own songs, but the record studio has its own ideas. It's the early 1970s and free love and drugs are everywhere, and Daisy wants to experience it all. Billy Dunne and his brother have a band called The Six that won't be playing weddings for long. They are ambitious, hard-rocking, hard-partying. When they land a record deal, Billy's girlfriend follows them to the west coast and life begins. But she finds out she's pregnant on the eve of their first tour, and the pressure of fatherhood and incipient fame make Billy go a little crazy on the road. Daisy and Billy's paths cross when a manager realizes that the key to skyrocketing success is to put them together. But oil and water don't even begin to describe how they mix. . . . And what happens next will become the stuff of legend. This is a novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer--and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up. Everyone knows Daisy Jones and The Six. They sold out arenas from coast to coast. Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy. But on July 12 1979, on the night of the final concert of the Aurora tour, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now. Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up in L.A. with rich parents who barely know she exists. But when she sings in a crowded, smoky club, you can hear a pin drop. All she wants is to write her own songs, but the record studio has its own ideas. It's the early 1970s and free love and drugs are everywhere, and Daisy wants to experience it all. Billy Dunne and his brother have a band called The Six that won't be playing weddings for long. They are ambitious, hard-rocking, hard-partying. When they land a record deal, Billy's girlfriend follows them to the west coast and life begins. But she finds out she's pregnant on the eve of their first tour, and the pressure of fatherhood and incipient fame make Billy go a little crazy on the road. Daisy and Billy's paths cross when a manager realizes that the key to skyrocketing success is to put them together. But oil and water don't even begin to describe how they mix. . . . And what happens next will become the stuff of legend.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Reid, Taylor Jenkins<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London, England : Penguin Books, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2019.<br />401 pages ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 271 - Box set: Daisy Jones & The Six / Taylor Jenkins Reid. [Book Group Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=735871&CF=BIB Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life -- and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter's life. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life -- and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter's life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hoover, Colleen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022.<br />323 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 274 - Box set: It Starts With Us/Colleen Hoover [Bookgroup Kit] - Available<br /> https://wanneroo.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=740176&CF=BIB For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, drugs... even contract killings. The vice was controlled by a small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumoured to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith's father became a legendary prosecutor, determined to 'clean up the Coast.' Hugh's father became the 'Boss' of Biloxi's criminal underground. Keith went to law school and followed in his father's footsteps. Hugh preferred the nightlife and worked in his father's clubs. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom. For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, drugs... even contract killings. The vice was controlled by a small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumoured to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith's father became a legendary prosecutor, determined to 'clean up the Coast.' Hugh's father became the 'Boss' of Biloxi's criminal underground. Keith went to law school and followed in his father's footsteps. Hugh preferred the nightlife and worked in his father's clubs. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Grisham, John<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />454 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Wanneroo - (City of Wanneroo Libraries) - Book Group Kit - 270 - Box set: The Boys From Biloxi/John Grisham [Book Group Kit] - Available<br />