Midwinter 2017 Giveaway #3
Beat the winter blues with this fabulous stack of books. To go in the draw to win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Tuesday 4 July 2017. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only, please.
Jenevieve Chang The Good Girl of Chinatown
Raised in suburban Sydney, Jenevieve Chang runs away to study dance in London, where she discovers the city’s burlesque scene, and then to Shanghai, where she she becomes a showgirl at Chinatown, a vaudeville, variety and burlesque club. But when the after-effects of the global financial crisis derail the club, once again Genevieve must search for a place to call home.
‘a natural storyteller’ – Benjamin Law
Courtesy of Penguin Random House
Hanif Kureishi The Nothing
The new novel from the author of The Buddha of Suburbia. Waldo, a feted filmmaker, is confined to his London apartment by old age and ill-health. His lovely younger wife, Zee, cares for him, but Waldo suspects she is having an affair. Determined to expose the guilty couple, he sets out to prove his suspicions – and enact his revenge.
Courtesy of Allen & Unwin
Sarah Maine Beyond the Wild River
Scotland, 1893: 19-year-old Evelyn was once close to her landowner father, but his silence over what happened the day a poacher was shot on the estate has come between them. It is on a trip to Canada, on the shores of the wild Nipigon River, that she finally discovers the truth.
‘Maine skilfully balances a Daphne du Maurier atmosphere with a mystery …compelling’ – Kirkus Reviews
Courtesy of Hachette
Lia Weston Those Pleasant Girls
The new novel from the author of The Fortunes of Ruby White. Evie Pleasant is returning to the town of her tearaway youth trailing a 16-year-old daughter and armed with her cake-making equipment. A story of first love, second chances and caramel slice.
Courtesy of Pan Macmillan
Remember, to enter simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Tuesday 4 July 2017.
