Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library Monday Book Group August 2024Like this list

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• Goodbye Birdie Greenwing

  Waller, Ericka

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  Birdie Greenwing has been at a loose end ever since her beloved twin sister and husband passed away. Too proud and stubborn to admit she is lonely, Birdie's world has shrunk. But then some new neighbours move in to the house next door.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frank and Red

  Coyne, Matt

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  Frank and Red are a mess. Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon. A recluse whose only company is the 'ghost' of his dead wife, Marcie. He is estranged from his friends, his son, and the ever-changing world beyond his front gate. And then Red…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After Annie

  a Novel

  Quindlen, Anna, 1953-

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  When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives. Bill is overwhelmed without his beloved wife, and Annemarie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on mission to rid the public…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miss Pym Disposes

  Tey, Josephine, pseud., 1896-1952

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  To Lucy Pym, author of a best-seller on Psychology, the atmosphere at the college where she is lecturing is heavy with tension. Beneath the so normal surface run sinister undercurrents of rivalry and jealousy. Then comes tragedy. An…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Teatime Mystery Also Published With Title: Just Not Cricket

  Martin, Faith, pseud

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  Jenny Starling is doing the catering for the village cricket match. But she's not expecting one of the players to come to a sticky end. Everyone from the village has turned out to watch the match, which marks the club's centenary. The next…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Lived There?

  the Stories Behind Historic New Zealand Buildings

  McCloy, Nicola, 1971-

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  "From basic stone cottages in barren-looking countryside to pretty coastal villas, romantic churches and small-town taverns, New Zealand is full of buildings whose back stories have been lost over the generations. Jane King's photographs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lie Maker

  a Novel

  Barclay, Linwood, 1955-

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  Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wavewalker

  Breaking Free

  Heywood, Suzanne

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  Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Property

  a Collection

  Shriver, Lionel, 1957-

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  This landmark publication, the first collection of stories from a master of the form, explores the idea of property in both senses of the word: real estate, and stuff. These sharp, brilliantly imaginative pieces illustrate how our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Payment in Blood

  George, Elizabeth, 1949-

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  Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard is possessed by a fierce attraction to a murder suspect while investigating the savage slaying of a controversial playwright.

• Mellons Bay

  Singleton, Suzanne, 1945-

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  Mellons Bay is a story of relationships and family. It depicts life in colonial Auckland, change and adaptation in a new land, heartache, hope, love and loss. It is also a fictionalised account of the author's great-great-grandparents.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Telling Time

  McKay, P. J.

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  "Two young women, a generation apart, travel to opposite sides of the world on fraught journeys of self-discovery. 1958: Gabrijela yearns to escape the confines of bleak post-war Yugoslavia and her tiny fishing community, but never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The German Girl

  a Novel

  Correa, Armando Lucas, 1959-

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  Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now, in 1939, the streets of Berlin are draped with red, white, and black flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing Ventured

  Archer, Jeffrey, 1940-

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  William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father's dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London's Metropolitan Police Force.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Never Game

  Deaver, Jeffery, 1950-

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  A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a "reward seeker," travelling the country to help…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• East of Alice

  Seaton, Annie

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  Gemma Hayden has returned to her hometown of Alice Springs for a new job as a primary school teacher. It's been six years since her family broke apart following the disappearance of her twin brother. And the scars still run deep. Hard on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The British Booksellers

  a Novel of the Forgotten Blitz

  Cambron, Kristy

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  A tenant farmer's son had no business daring to dream of a future with an earl's daughter, but that couldn't keep Amos Darby from his secret friendship with Charlotte Terrington until the reality of the Great War sobered youthful dreams.…Read moreRead more of this annotation