Although at times the beginning of this novel seemed slow, it morphed into a real favorite for me! Joy Moody, former social worker and divorcee, raised twin girls who are about to turn 21. Cassie and Andie have always known that Joy is not their biological mother. But the origin story she tells them is … Continue reading Joy Moody is Out of Time – Kerryn Mayne (audio narrator -Annie Maynard)
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The Naturalist’s Daughter – Tea Cooper (Audiobook Narrator -Corrine Davies)
The Naturalists Daughter is part literary fiction, all historical fiction, part mystery and part thriller. As a budding fan of Tea Cooper, I was thrilled to listen to my second audiobook of one of her works. The Naturalist's Daughter takes place in a dual timeline. In 1808, Rose Winton, lives in the town of Agnes … Continue reading The Naturalist’s Daughter – Tea Cooper (Audiobook Narrator -Corrine Davies)
The White Girl – Tony Birch
Odette Brown is raising her granddaughter, Sissy in a small, rural Australian town that has lost many of its Aboriginal residents. It is sometime in the 1960s. Sissy turns 13 early in this story, receiving her first bike as a gift, cobbled together by Henry, the white guy at the junkyard who had some intellectual … Continue reading The White Girl – Tony Birch
They Called me Bookworm 