Christmas 2021 Giveaway #3

Robert Gott The Orchard Murders

1944, Melbourne: a brutal triple murder heralds the return of a long-forgotten cult. Reviewer Karen Chisholm said: ‘.. Gott has a way of elegantly drawing out a plot by involving the reader in the characters’ actions, thoughts and observations.’ You can read her full review here.

Courtesy of Scribe Publications

Ann Patchett These Precious Days

An intimate collection of essays and memoir from the prize-winning author of Bel Canto and The Dutch House. Patchett explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means.

Courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing

Pattie Lees with Adam C Lees A Question of Colour

Patti Lees was just 10 years old when she and her four siblings were separated from their mother and placed into State care. In this memoir she recounts her experiences as a ‘fair-skinned Aboriginal’ and her survival following a decade of abuse as a Ward of the State.

Courtesy of Magabala Books

Tom Keneally Corporal Hitler’s Pistol

How did Corporal Hitler’s luger from the First World War end up killing an IRA turncoat in Kempsey, NSW, in 1933? Set in a town he knows very well, in this novel Tom Keneally recounts relationships between black and white Australians in early 20th-century Australia.

Courtesy of Vintage