Title: Less than perfect
Author: Ber Carroll
Sarah’s pick
Caitlyn O’Reilly grew up in Northern Ireland. Her father is a professor of ethics and has high expectations for his children. Caitlyn falls in love and goes to university and for a while everything is going well. But then her life, and the lives of many around her, is changed by an awful event. Continue reading
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Autumn Reading has been published in Parramatta City Library for a while. Although the weather in Sydney is cold, a list of recommend reading may keep you warm and comfort.
Recently Allen & Unwin has announced the winner of 2011 Australian Vogel’s Award. This award is for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of thirty-five. This year the award goes to Rohan Wilson for his book ‘The roving party’.
According to Allen & Unwin The roving party is ‘A surprisingly beautiful evocation of horror and brutality, The Roving Party is a meditation on the intricacies of human nature at its most raw. ‘
Parramatta City Library will have a fast track order to get this book for its readers.
The book read by the 2nd Tuesday evening book club for April 2011 was The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Here are some of their thoughts on this popular 1st volume of the Millennium Trilogy Continue reading
