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Migrations
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Land
A story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.
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Villa Coco
A sun-drenched paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment of love - filled with great wisdom and a spirit of unadulterated joy.
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Broken Country
A love story with the pulse of a thriller, Broken Country is a heart-pounding novel of impossible choices and devastating consequences.
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Arborescence
From the award-winning author of Hovering comes a strikingly original novel about what it means to grapple with a world where the very definition of humanity is changing.
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Connections: New, Lost, and Found
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Tenderfoot
Luminous, aching, exhilarating - a coming-of-age novel like no other, from the bestselling, award-winning author of Addition.
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Margaret, Are You Leaving?
An uplifting and life-affirming novel about family lost and found from the author of Australian bestseller The Wakes.
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The Names
Powerfully moving and full of hope, this is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark.
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All the Colours of the Dark
Two childhood best friends. Torn apart by tragedy. Reunited by their search for the truth. Even if finding it means losing each other forever...
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