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THE LOVERS by Vendela Vida GREAT HOUSE by Nicole Krauss FATHER OF THE RAIN by Lily King IN THE SKIN OF A LION by Michael Ondaatje THE COLD EYE OF HEAVEN by Christine Dwyer Hickey FOAL'S BREAD by Gillian Mears SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart LOVE IN THE YEARS OF LUNACY by Mandy Sayer CALEB'S CROSSING by Geraldine Brooks THIS LIFE by Malcolm Knox THE PICTURE BOOK by Jo Baker THE TIGER'S WIFE by Tea Obrecht ANNABEL by Kathleen Winter THE BOOK THIEF by Marcus Zusack ROOM by Emma Donoghue THE STEEP APPROACH TO GARBADALE by Iain Banks ON WRITING by Stephen King ABOUT A BOY by Nick Hornby THE AGE OF GRIEF by Jane Smiley BEATRICE and VIRGIL by Yann Martel KRAKATOA by Simon Winchester CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORIES by Murray Bail THE FIRST STONE by Helen Garner HAVING A LOVELY TIME by Jenny EclairThought Bubble
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It’s the Mother of All Days
It’s ten o’clock in the morning on Mother’s Day. I’ve been up since 6.13am, awoken by my three year old flat footing it into the bedroom. “Can I get up yet?” he says. “Sure.” Mumbles me from under the doona. … Continue reading
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