Reconnecting

Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013)

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When we meet Jonny, he can't sleep; he turns on the light to play The Secret Land of Zenon. Simon & Schuster, 2013 In this first sentence of Teddy Wayne's novel, Jonny might be any eleven-year-old boy. But even while listening to the background music for Zenon, Jonny

Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013)Buried In Print2014-03-20T20:16:44-04:00

Miles Franklin Award Winner 1978: Tirra Lirra by the River

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"Food and hot tea lift my spirits." So says Nora Porteous, who has returned to her family home in Australia, a “wretched and slothful old woman”. 1978; Penguin Books, 1984 Well, some might think her so. Wretched. Slothful. Old. At least, she muses that it's possible. But Nora works against

Miles Franklin Award Winner 1978: Tirra Lirra by the RiverBuried In Print2014-03-20T19:54:11-04:00

Patrick Somerville’s This Bright River (2012)

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I've mentioned it before, that little tingle you get when you feel like a book might just be the perfect match for you. Little, Brown & Company, 2012 And I know you know it. (I last mentioned it about Meg Mitchell Moore's So Far Away, but sometimes it

Patrick Somerville’s This Bright River (2012)Buried In Print2014-07-11T16:26:51-04:00