A Kiss From Mr Fitzgerald, by Natasha Lester
If you loved The Paris Wife and Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, you will devour this deliciously evocative love story of a small-town girl with big ambitions in 1920s New York.
It’s the roaring twenties in the Manhattan of gin, jazz and prosperity. Women wear makeup and hitched hemlines and enjoy a new freedom to vote and work. Not so for Evelyn Lockhart, who is forbidden from pursuing her passion to become one of the first female doctors.
Chasing her dream will mean turning her back on her family: her competitive sister, Viola; her conservative parents; and the childhood best friend she is expected to marry, Charlie.
In a desperate attempt to support herself through Columbia University’s medical school, Evie auditions for the infamous late-night Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. But if she gets the part, what will it mean for her fledgling relationship with Upper East Side banker Thomas Whitman – a man Evie thinks she could fall in love with, if only she lived a life less scandalous.
About The Author:Natasha Lester worked as a marketing executive for ten years, before returning to university to study creative writing. She completed a Master of Creative Arts as well as her first novel, What Is Left Over, After, which won the T.A.G. Hungerford Award for Fiction. Her second novel, If I Should Lose You, waspublished by Fremantle Press. Her work has appeared in The Review of Australian Fictionand Overland, and the anthologies Australian Love Stories, The Kid on the Karaoke Stageand Purple Prose.Author
Website: www.natashalester.com.au
Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America, by Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly heads off on another epic American adventure – an 8,000 mile rail journey through 28 states to the four corners of the country.
In the years that have passed since Billy Connolly’s Route 66, Billy has had more than his share of challenges -in 2013 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer (he’s now been given the all-clear); on the same day he was diagnosed with the early stages of Parkinson’s disease.
But being a determined 72 year-old, Billy won’t let the illness (which has already robbed him of the ability to play his beloved banjo) put him off one more exploration of the country he knows and loves so well.Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across Americaties in to a major ITV series, like Billy Connolly’s Route 66, and will tell the stories Billy hears along the way in his own inimitable style.
About The Author:Billy Connolly is a world-renowned, award-winning comedian, musician, presenter, author and actor.
Author Website: www.billyconnolly.com
Thunderbirds Are Go! Dare & Rescue Sticker Activity Book
When disaster strikes, International Rescue answers the call!48 pages of puzzles, stickers and activities to entertain any budding recruit.
From a hidden island base in the South Pacific, the five Tracy brothers pilot remarkable, cutting-edge Thunderbird vehicles from the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of space, all for one purpose: to help those in need.
This official Thunderbirds Are Go bumper sticker and activity book is filled with puzzles, stickers and activities to entertain any budding International Rescue recruit.
Praise for ThunderbirdsAre Go:
‘Hours of fun.’ – New Zealand Herald
‘features puzzles and challenges to test young brains to see if they have the Right Stuff’- Dominion Post
Website: www.thunderbirds.com
Redemption Road, by John Hart
From the bestselling and prize-winning author of The Last Childand Iron Housecomes this long-awaited new thriller that will appeal to fans of Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane.
Elizabeth Black is a hero. She is a cop who single-handedly rescued a young girl from a locked cellar and shot two brutal kidnappers dead. But she’s also a cop with a secret. And she’s not the only one.
Set in an America of desperate small towns and uneasy and remote landscapes, Redemption Road has all of John Hart’s trademark evocation of the abandoned and the derelict and sense of place.
With descriptions so chilling and a story so full of twists and turns you cannot stop reading, it marks a new high point in the writing of this very talented author.
About The Author:John Hart was born in 1965 and lives with his wife and two young childrenin North Carolina and Virginia. He has degrees in French, accounting and law, and worked as a banker, stockbroker and attorney before beginning his writing career.
Author Website: www.johnhartfiction.com
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utulyn - 8 years ago
Billy Connollys Book looks amazing what a wonderful read