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Books February 24, 2018
A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline
A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline slowly, gently describes a defining period in Cassie’s life when her past and present collide. The book begins as Cassie is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and decides to return home to Perth after spending …
Books September 30, 2017
A Life of Adventure and Delight
You wouldn’t expect the title of Akhil Sharma’s A Life of Adventure and Delight to refer to a man whose delight comes from asking a prostitute to jump in the air as he holds her breasts, but it does. Similarly, if I say this astute short-story …
Books November 11, 2017
Going into Town
Roz Chast is the beloved cartoonist from The New Yorker, whose work has graced its pages since 1978 when she submitted her first cartoon at the age of 23. Her art remains unlike anything else, capturing modern life in often amusing moments. In …
Books September 23, 2017
Force of Nature
“Later, the four remaining women could fully agree on only two things. One: No one saw the bushland swallow up Alice Russell. And two: Alice had a mean streak so sharp it could cut you.” Jane Harper sure knows how to start a novel, and with a beginning …
