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“The Broken Wave” By Matthew Ryan Davies
Childhood friendships are overwhelmingly shrouded in innocence and naivety, and so beautifully encapsulate mountains of idealism and a sense of purpose. Heartbreakingly, childhood can also be a time of indisputable tragedy and trauma. When childhood friends share such lethal blows,… Continue reading
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“Just Another Missing Person” By Gillian McAllister
Undeniably, this world is not the veritable utopia we would all (or most) would like it to be. Without doubt, there are subtle (as well as seismically major) forms of corruption in even the seemingly respectable and incorruptible echelons of… Continue reading
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“Resurrection Walk” By Michael Connelly
Our legal system (here in Australia, but also in other developed countries, such as America), is, in its noblest iteration, a force for good and justice for all. It is a necessary judicature that we, who pride ourselves on being… Continue reading
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Christmas – Is it the Merriest Time of the Year?
There are a myriad of reasons why the seemingly overtly joyful (and sometimes frivolous) season of Christmas is paradoxically a time of acute suffering for many. Even deeply distressing for a number of people. There exists in our society insidious,… Continue reading
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“Talk To The Heart” by Rachael Johns
Down through the centuries, in times of inner undiluted angst and turmoil, millions of humans have cried out to God for help. And that help has always been forthcoming. Often in surprisingly unexpected and divergent ways. Such beholden paths are… Continue reading
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“Darling Girls” by Sally Hepworth
There are undoubtedly those people in this world whose life stories vehemently echo in tone a Machiavellian fairytale. That is, their lives are fraught with menacing clouds of abuse, in all it’s abject guises, and hope is a tenuous and… Continue reading
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“Small Mercies” by Dennis Lehane
America, in it’s best version of itself, is enshrined with noble and forward-thinking tenets and ideologies. ‘The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave’ is often a hopeful and hope-filled country where anything is possible (in theory… Continue reading
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“Home Before Night” by J (Josh) P Pomare
The glistening tendrils of a mother’s love are endlessly eternal and comprehensively far-reaching. Indeed, the mother/child bond is one that can never be broken – regardless of precipitating factors and circumstances. Such elemental truths are beautifully illuminated and forensically examined… Continue reading
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“Meet Me At The Lake” By Carley Fortune
Wise, prolific and much-loved Irish-born scholar and author, C.S. Lewis, wrote insightfully and poignantly in his 1960 book, The Four Loves, that “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly… Continue reading
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“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen
Another world and time, embedded with severe and consequential social strictures of class, gender and social connections, gallantly awaits one upon opening the pages of the stellar novel, Pride and Prejudice. For those not familiar with this book’s title or… Continue reading
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