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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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My Dad, Bill
There are a myriad of reasons my Dad, Bill Gibson, was a special person and an awesome father to my four siblings and I. A product of a private boys’ school education in the demonstrably conservative Australia of the 1950s,… Continue reading
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“Taken” by Dinuka McKenzie
Police investigations in Australia are overwhelmingly intense, concerted and arduous in nature. There is undeniably little margin for error concerning a just result – for victims, their loved ones and the community at large. In short, the police in this… Continue reading
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“Homecoming” by Kate Morton
Ubiquitous, historical and contemporary secrets – existing in families, towns and indeed ‘civilised society’ – exist in permutations that are interwoven in the flimsy fabric of a plethora of lives. Consequentially, these secrets (so often sordid and horrific in nature)… Continue reading
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“Happy Place” by Emily Henry
One’s mental and emotional equilibrium is greatly enhanced, and a swift lift given to one’s spirits, by delving (whenever the opportunity arises) into a well crafted and deftly plotted romance novel. It matters little what is happening in one’s life,… Continue reading
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“The Other Side of Her” by Ber Carroll
For a legion of decades, veritably adventurous, optimistic and courageous, perhaps even naive, backpackers from a plethora of nations have temporarily migrated to Australia’s utopian shores. For most of these ebullient and high-spirited young people, their time in our midst… Continue reading
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