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Trent Dalton, bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, returns with All Our Shimmering Skies - a glorious novel destined to become another Australian classic. Shipping Australia-wide & international.
"Dalton's tumbling prose is colourful, almost breathless, his characters are marvellously observed and his storytelling - well, it's a great delight indeed!" Lindy Jones
My Brilliant Friend was a publishing sensation and a gift to readers worldwide. The Lying Life of Adults is the new novel from the author of the hugely popular Neapolitan Quartet.
"Two years before leaving home, my father said to my mother that I was very ugly."
Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Into which mirror must she look to find herself and save herself?
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- 'Strong Mum on the run' is a genre that Kate Mildenhall's novel nails. Mim's husband, working offshore in Indonesia on a mining project, goes missing and when The Department comes around asking questions, Mim realises that she and her children are no longer safe.
Set in Australia-not-too-distant (no flying cars but everyone is 'chipped' - think of a mini 'Australia Card' embedded in your palm), this novel taps into the 'Big Brother' surveillance concerns we face as a society. I used to be fairly relaxed about this, buying the 'if you're not doing anything wrong' line, but recent news of Australian business and home security cameras hacked and streaming their vision on Russian websites to anyone in the world is alarming. And of facial recognition software being rolled out in the cities of China and elsewhere - increasingly we are being buttoned down tightly. Chip implants to follow!
There are some big ideas here but this isn't only about future tech and political possibilities, it's also about Mim and how this new threat affects her self-image as Mum, wife, daughter, sister, stirring something more primal, more self-contained as she faces each new challenge. Craig Kirchner
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