 Simone Harlowe is young and clever, an Aboriginial lawyer straddling two lives and two cultures while studying at Harvard. Her family life back in Sydney is defined by her complex relationship with her father, Tony, a prominent Aboriginal rights activist.
As Simone juggles the challenges of a modern woman's life - career, family, friends and relationships - her father is confronting his own uncomfortable truths, as his secret double-life implodes.
Can Simone accept her father for the man he (READ MORE...)
Legacy
by Larissa Behrendt
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At 7, she discovers that love isn't necessarily forever.
At 21, she finds love but it escapes her.
At 35, she learns that love can be dangerous.
By 49, she realises that the greatest love of all comes from the heart.
As her life's milestones come and go, you will recognise yourself in her: her loves, her mistakes, and her belief that she doesn't deserve more. Tasma Walton's debut novel is a moving and confronting fable about the power (READ MORE...)
Heartless
by Tasma Walton
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The Best Australian Poetry 2009 celebrates the originality and verve of Australian poetry at this moment. In this collection of 40 poems Alan Wearne brings long experience as a poet and teacher of poetry, and a sharp eye for the surprising. Bookended with an introduction by Wearne and the poets' commentary on their work, this year's collection is a sophisticated and accessible sampling of recent achievements in Australian poetry.
The Best Australian Poetry 2009
Edited by Martin Duwell and Bronwyn Lea and Alan Wearne
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