Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library Thursday Book Group September 2026Like this list

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• Murder in An Orchard Cemetery

  Harrison, Cora

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  Mystery: "1920s. Cork, Ireland. Constantly accosted by ambitious, would-be politicians invited by the bishop, the Reverend Mother is finding the week-long sojourn at a convent anything but peaceful. Then a body is discovered in the cemetery, blown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• High Street

  Jacobs, Anna, pseud., 1941-

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  Saga: "In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of being able to open an elegant dressmaking salon in the High Street of Bilsden, a Lancashire mill town, have come true. And she is going to take her father and his second…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salem Street

  Jacobs, Anna, pseud., 1941-

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  Saga: "In 1820 Salem Street is sparkling and new: eight small terraced houses built by a Lancashire mill owner for his best workers. Annie Gibson's family is one of the first to move in a step up in the world for them. But when her mother dies,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Annandale

  Past and Present, 1839-1900

  Hay, H. L. Guthrie (Hannah Longmuir Guthrie), 1846-1924

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  Non-fiction.

• The Change

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  Fantasy: "After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Curse of Chalion

  Bujold, Lois McMaster, 1949-

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  Fiction: "A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril returns to the noble household he once served as page, and is named secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule. It is as assignment…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death Before Wicket

  Greenwood, Kerry, 1954-2025

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  Mystery: "The sassy Phryne Fisher sets the seamy side of Sydney alight in her tenth adventure. Phryne Fisher has plans for her Sydney sojourn - a few days at the Test cricket, a little sightseeing and the Artist's Ball with an up-and-coming young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Urn Burial

  Greenwood, Kerry, 1954-2025

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  Mystery: "Phryne Fisher, scented and surprisingly ruthless, is not one to let sleuthing an horrific crime get in the way of an elegant dalliance. The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• America Observed

  the Newspaper Years of Alistair Cooke

  Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004

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  Non-fiction.

• The Giver

  Lowry, Lois, 1937-

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  Children's fiction: "Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Suggested level:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gathering Blue

  Lowry, Lois, 1937-

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  Children's fiction: "Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians."

• Messenger

  Lowry, Lois, 1937-

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  Children's fiction: "In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue, " Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand."

• Son

  Lowry, Lois, 1937-

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  Children's fiction: "Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit."

• Book of Lives

  a Memoir of Sorts

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Biography: "Raised by scientifically minded parents, Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Departure(s)

  Barnes, Julian, 1946-

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  Fiction: "Departure(s) is the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own mortality.…Read moreRead more of this annotation