The Nam Shadow by Carole Brungar
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
To carefree, naive, young soldier Terry Edwards, life's an adventure. But how easy is it to cope with the extreme fear and intense emotions that come with the war in Vietnam, when you know life balances on the accuracy of a bullet in meeting its target?
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (#1) by John Boyne
25.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about. If you do start to read ...Show more
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
21.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is another extraordinary historical fiction about World War II and innocence in the face of evil. When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a ser ...Show more
Going Home by Carol Brungar
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
When Kiwi nurse Ronnie McIlroy volunteers to spend twelve months nursing in a South Vietnamese hospital in 1967, she’s ill-prepared for the poverty-stricken country, the people, or the impact it has. Wonderful tale of love, hope, and courage in the face of adversity.
All The Broken Places (#2 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) by John Boyne
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The Sequel to The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
All the Broken Places is John Boyne's masterful sequel to his classic bestseller, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, taking a character from that novel on a journey to a place she never goes - the past. Through her story, Boyne explores the aftermath of the war and the effects of a lifetime of guilt. 1946. ...Show more
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
An effervescent, punchy, piercingly funny novel exploring the fall of Robert Mugabe from Booker-shortlisted Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and ...Show more
The Paper Palace: The No.1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick by Miranda Cowley Heller
26.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
A magnificent literary debut about the myriad loves that make up a lifeBefore anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious fresh water pond below 'The Paper Palace' - the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has ...Show more
The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pipits – but above them all and louder, the magpies. We are here and this is our tree and we’re staying and it is ours and you need to leave and now. Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Mar ...Show more
Lara's House by Tina Clough
32.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Lara, thirty-nine and widowed, always thought she was good at assessing people’s motivations. Growing up with an alcoholic and abusive mother taught her early to be alert to signs of trouble coming her way, but now she begins to doubt her own judgement. When she finds herself in a relationship with a ...Show more
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
38.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
A new novel from the Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted, Dublin Literary Award shortlisted, and Ockham NZ Book Award winning author of The Axeman's Carnival and Remote Sympathy, Catherine Chidgey. Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new te ...Show more
The Remarkable Miss Digby by Patricia Donovan
29.95 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Historical biographical fiction about Jane Digby, the English aristocrat who in 1853 so scandalised society she felt compelled to live elsewhere. She moved to Syria. In this enthralling novel, Patricia Donovan, drawing on her own experience in the Syrian desert, imagines Jane’s life in that wild land. ...Show more
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
9.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has changed: Helen is more and more unhappy in her marriage to the older Vice-Admiral Codrington, while Fido has become a successful woman of business and a pionee ...Show more