Autumn Giveaway #3

Self-isolating? Looking for something to read? Check out these four titles in our latest Autumn Giveaway. To go in the draw to win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 3′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Monday 23 March 2020. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only please.

Maggie Joel The Unforgiving City

Set in colonial Sydney in the final weeks of 1899, Maggie Joel’s new novel explores the divisions within society that threaten to derail not just Federation, but the colony itself. Chasms open too when a clandestine note reaches the wrong hands in the well-to-do household of aspiring politician Alasdair Dunlevy and his wife Eleanor. Below stairs, their maid Alice faces a desperate situation with her wayward sister …

Courtesy of Allen & Unwin

 

 

Ceridwen Dovey Inner Worlds Outer Spaces: The working lives of others

What does it feel like to be passionate about your daily work? How do people find their way into fascinating, unusually fulfilling careers, even against the odds? In this collection of essays, the award-winning author of Only the Animals takes us into the lives of space lawyers and bibliotherapists; euthanasia activists and women’s rugby champions; shark experts and solar power visionaries; a master perfumer and a moon dust maven, among many others. All have had the courage to pursue their dreams and obsessions, no matter how niche or particular.

Courtesy of Penguin Random House

 

Inez Baranay Turn Left at Venus

In the 1930s, Ada and Leyla meet as children on a boat bringing migrants from Old Europe to the New World. They talk of seeing kangaroos, but end up living miles from each other in suburban Sydney. Ada grows up to become a successful author, but her friendship with Leyla endures across continents and decades and is one thread in this novel of a solitary and artistic life, lived adventurously across space and time.

Courtesy of Transit Lounge

 

 

DM Cameron Beneath the Mother Tree

DM Cameron’s debut novel is both a mystery and a love story interweaving Indigenous history and Irish mythology. On a small island, something sinister is at play. Resident alcoholic Grappa believes it’s the Far Dorocha, dark servant of the Faery queen, whose seductive music lures you into an abyss. But his granddaughter Ayla has other ideas …

Courtesy of MidnightSun Publishing

 

 

 

Remember, to go in the draw to win these four books, email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Monday 23 March 2020.

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