EN TER TA INM ENT
6 addictive
reads for your
next book
club pick
THESE WILL KEEP YOU
AND YOUR FRIENDS
TALKING WELL INTO
THE NIGHTTHE BRIDE TEST BY
HELEN HOANG
Khai Diep doesn’t want to
be in a relationship, so
his mother takes matters
into her own hands and
decides to recruit the
perfect wife for her
autistic son. Enter Esme
Tran, a woman from Ho
Chi Minh City, who hopes an American husband
might turn around the fortunes of her struggling
family. But while she falls for Khai, he’s more
resistant. A sweet and occasionally steamy read.MISCONCEPTION BY
REBECCA FREEBORN
Ali and husband Tom are
expecting their first child
when at 30 weeks, the
baby dies in utero.
Overwhelmed with grief,
they struggle to survive
the terrible loss while still
balancing work, their
relationship and the expectations of those
around them. But when Ali begins to fragment,
the possibility of a happy future seems
increasingly unlikely. An often painful but
always tender portrait of life after stillbirth.SIX MINUTES
BY PETRONELLA
MCGOVERN
Toddler Bella is being
looked after by her mum’s
friends at playgroup when
she vanishes, apparently
without a trace. As the
small town rallies to find
the girl, suspicions quickly
fall on her parents, a local schoolteacher and
others, while the spiteful online army rushes to
offer their own opinions on what happened.
Super tense from beginning to end, this is a great
read that will spark plenty of debate.TAKING TOM
MURRAY HOME
BY TIM SLEE
When bankrupt dairy
farmer Tom Murray
decides he’d rather sell
the herd and burn down
his house than hand it to
the bank, tragedy strikes.
His widow Dawn decides
to hold a funeral procession for Tom in protest,
going from country Victoria to Melbourne while
mysterious arson attacks follow it. A gem of a
read and an Australian classic in the making.FAKE BY
STEPHANIE WOOD
In this thought-provoking
memoir, Stephanie writes
about meeting a man
who appears sweet and
loving, but also cancels
plans, makes up
elaborate excuses and
doesn’t quite feel like the
real deal. When they split up, she begins to
investigate and what emerges is a shocking
tale of a man whose whole life appears to be
built on lies. A cautionary tale in an era of
Dirty Johns and catfishing.THE YIELD BY TARA
JUNE WINCH
When Albert ‘Poppy’
Gondiwindi dies and his
granddaughter Augie
returns to farewell him,
she finds the land of her
kin has been claimed by
a mining company. As
Augie resolves to fight
back, she begins a quest to learn her family’s
stories, find out about her missing sister and
locate Poppy’s dictionary, which tells stories of
the Gondiwindi. A stunning and beautiful read.Book Spe cial