Tristen Brudy
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Review — 8 Nov 2020
Group by Christie Tate
Christie Tate, by most objective measures, is a success. She’s graduating top of her class from law school and is well on her way to a high-powered career. But underneath…
Review — 8 Nov 2020
The Palace Letters by Jenny Hocking
Would these historic letters between the Queen and the governor-general about Kerr’s dismissal of the Whitlam government be recognised as Commonwealth records and opened for public access? Could we now,…
Review — 27 Jan 2020
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
I have a confession: I’ve been pining for this book since I saw it on the horizon over a year ago. Carmen Maria Machado is a magical writer with a…
Review — 8 Nov 2020
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Amanda, Clay and their two teenaged children are expecting a quiet vacation. They’ve rented an upmarket house on Long Island for a week – revelling in the chance to enjoy…
Review — 2 Feb 2021
The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
1970s Uganda: halfway through Idi Amin’s terrible reign. The First Woman details the coming of age of Kirabo, a headstrong young woman from a small Ugandan village who begins to…
Review — 2 Aug 2020
True Story by Kate Reed Petty
If you don’t control your story, your story will control you.
Private schoolgirl Alice doesn’t know what happened to her the night of the party. She knows she was very…
Review — 1 Oct 2020
Our Shadows by Gail Jones
Nell and Frances Kelly are raised by their grandparents after their mother dies in labour and their father abandons them in a fit of grief. The sisters grow up with…
Review — 22 Jul 2018
A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer
In the near future, Jeff is dying. Haunted by his dark past and current deterioration, he abandons Melbourne, and his long-suffering partner Faye, for the relative remoteness of Scotland. Once…
Review — 2 Aug 2020
Sisters by Daisy Johnson
Something terrible has happened. Sheela’s only recourse is to spirit away her two teenage daughters, July and September, and herself, from their home in Oxford to a run-down shack in…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
Kevin Kwan has done it again. Told with his signature wit and flair, his latest romantic comedy of manners pays homage to A Room with a View, Pride and…
