Bundle x 3 contemporary fiction paperbacks - The Broken Book/10 short stories...

Both very Australian and resoundingly international, The Broken Book confirms Johnson’s status as one of the finest Australian writers . fiercely beautiful.’ – The Australian

Katherine Elgin grew up in a small coastal town in Australia, desperate to transcend her beginnings and make her mark. From her rebellious and contemplative childhood Katherine emerges as a stunningly beautiful young woman, with a voracious appetite for life’s most interesting experiences and an overwhelming desire to write the best book she possibly can.

But beauty is a double-edged sword and throughout her life – from Sydney, to London, to the islands of Greece – Katherine carries the burden of being both siren and artist.

Mirroring truths of art and life, creativity and reality, The Broken Book is wonderfully rich, complex and compelling. Susan Johnson has created an audacious and original novel with an awe-inspiring ability to explore emotional truths.

Travis is going to be a big knob in the door business …

Lucy’s love life becomes Jude’s pinata …

A minion makes a meal of Robert ‘Nancy’ Mitford …

Whether you like comedy, romance or something quite different, you’ll find plenty to enjoy in this all-new collection exclusive to Get Reading!

Watch your brother, says Beth Cappadora to her seven-year-old son, Vincent. She’s checking in at her high school reunion in Chicago. Even with a hotel clerk who is, in Beth’s estimation, slower than weight loss, it’s not more than five minutes before she turns again and asks, Where’s Ben? It’s the moment every mother dreads. Three-year-old Ben is gone. And no one can find him. Despite a police search that will turn into a nation-wide obsession, Ben has vanished, seemingly without a trace. His disappearance will leave Beth frozen on a knife-edge of suppressed agony for nine years and drive a shattering wedge through her marriage to Pat – who, though he is a man of consummate kindness, can do nothing to bring his boy back. It will transform their other son, Vincent, into a delinquent who courts danger in an attempt to break the bell jar of silence that surrounds the whole Cappadora family. Then, just after the Cappadoras move back to Chicago to help start a family restaurant, something so unexpected happens, it changes everything that once seemed true or possible. And perhaps, only perhaps, it will give Beth what she thought was gone forever: a reason to live

Condition:

all books in good condition; covers are showing minor signs of wear; former owner’s mark on first page of ocean book; no rips, tears or marks – see photos for condition