Every family has its troubles, and Lola Quinlan's is no exception. She's at a crossroads in her life and isn't sure which path she should take. As the holiday season approaches, she decides to do something different. She sends her family away and invites a number of mystery guests to her motel in So[...]
From the bestselling author of Family Baggage and The Alphabet Sisters comes a warm and captivating story of family secrets, traditions and ties. As a child, Maggie Faraday grew up in a lively, unconventional household with her young mother, four very different aunts and her eccentric grandfather. W[...]
Other people's families aren't always as perfect as they seem When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in country Australia, they set the locals talking -- and with good reason. From the outside, the seven Templetons seem so unusual ...peculiar even. No one is more[...]
Lainey Byrne is a woman in control, juggling a hectic job, her boyfriend Adam and a family with more than its fair share of dramas. Things go into a spin when she is wrenched from her life in Melbourne to run a B&B in Ireland for a year. Bed-and-breakfast quickly tumbles into bed-and-bedlam, especia[...]
A group of friends on an unconventional diet learn some important life lessons, a fashion-challenged grandmother weaves some magic in a dusty charity shop, a grieving young mother takes a healing journey and a shy woman from a family of high-achievers learns to follow her dreams. From one of Austral[...]
When travel agent Harriet Turner's colleague and foster sister Lara vanishes on the eve of an overseas trip, Harriet finds herself in uncharted territory, left alone with a busload of eccentric senior citizens as she confronts questions about her family and her childhood and her feelings for the gue[...]
Praised as "Australia's answer to Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen" ("The""Sun Herald," Australia), Monica McInerney, internationally bestselling author of "The Alphabet Sisters," returns with a poignant novel of love, loss, and the enduring strength of family ties.
Nestled in a picturesq[...]
For the past thirty-three years, Angela Gillespie has sent to friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled "Hello from the Gillespies." It's always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herself--she tells the truth....
The Gillespies are far from[...]
Following a tragic accident, Ella O'Hanlon flees to the other side of the world in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoilt half-sister. In London Ella is taken in by her beloved uncle Lucas, whose extrao[...]
The international bestseller that ?brings Maeve Binchy readily to mind? (Sydney Morning Herald) Months after a tragic accident, Ella O?Hanlon flees to London in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoiled h[...]