by Sue Reid | Aug 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
Resilience and fortitude are personified is Suzanne Heywood’s memoir Wavewalker. Though her family have denounced her recollections, one cannot doubt Suzanne’s clear, precise accounts. From her fears and insecurity after a devastating storm fractured her...
by Sue Reid | Aug 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
This is the powerful story of Australia’s first Japanese war-bride at a time when Australia’s war scars refused to bend… Based on a true family story, Alli Parker has fictionalised the love and dedication of her grandparents in her debut novel....
by Sue Reid | May 16, 2023 | Book Reviews
I can’t recall ever recommending to read a novel twice! Once read, you will return to the beginning and start again – such is the monumental shift and collision of all you thought this story to be… Layla literally looks to the constellations, wonder...
by Sue Reid | May 11, 2023 | Book Reviews
Marnie is isolated, not only in her South Island (Aotearoa New Zealand) terrain, but in life and hope. At a vulnerable time of loss and heartache, Marnie claims a young magpie that has fallen from its nest – and so, the two forge a bond. Through her nurture and...
by Sue Reid | May 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
The first in a new series featuring Danish PI Gabriel Praest. Quite unlike other thrillers I have read, Gabriel is rough in spirit but polished in appearance with a raw and honest character. He admits fear and is humane in his doubts as he takes on a...
by Sue Reid | May 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
Christmas Eve, 1959, Percy Summers is returning to town with his horse in need of water and a cooling down – beside the waterhole…on the Turner’s land near the majestic house called Halcyon. What he didn’t imagine was finding the Turner...
