Three women, a heritage listed pub, drought, a small country town, secrets, a man who is not coping, a five year old boy all are aspects which combine to make this a story which is never dull. Written by Pamela Cook, this is her fourth novel, and has a happy ending. The drought breaks, families Read More …
Clancy is a typical teenager living in a classic Australian country town trying to figure out who she is and where she belongs in the world. She doesn’t try to conform to the local teens with their identical highlights, claw nails, false eyelashes and fake tans. Clancy is an individual and has carved out her Read More …
Clancy of the title is fifteen-years-old and lives in a small country town. Her father works for the council and was on traffic duty after coming off compo for hurting his back at work. An accident happens on the road he is working on and he is held responsible for the death of two popular Read More …
Rural fiction, or farm-lit as some call it, is a growing genre, one that I’m not normally drawn to. The issue of adoption in this one interested me. Pamela Cook’s work is said to ‘feature feisty women, tangled relationships and a healthy dose of romance’. The Crossroads had all of these. Forty-nine-year-old Rose owns and Read More …
The horrible truth that is South Sudan, and indeed many other parts of Africa, today, is revealed in all its brutality in this book. Some of it is surprising, all of it is interesting. On many levels Deng Adut has given us a truly insightful memoir as he takes us right into the mind of Read More …
When it comes to reality TV I used to be a singing shows only person – no variety, dance, magic acts. Then Dancing with the Stars sucked me in and it was there that I was introduced to Cosentino. He was an amazing dancer, and I became aware that he had been runner up in Read More …
As always Fiona McIntosh has done her homework. In 1919 homosexuality was a crime, married women were not encouraged to work and divorce was shameful. Class structure was rampant, Quakers produced the chocolate and tins of chocolate were sent to the front, and she clearly loves York. She even researched the railway time tables. Romantic Read More …
