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Chartwell Book Chat February 2019
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The Bengal identity
by Eileen Watkins
Unexpectedly in possession of a valuable Bengal show cat after its alleged owner winds up dead, groomer Cassie McGlone works with the police to find the stolen feline’s real owners and must dig her claws into the case after a second body is found to avoid a brush with death.
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The nowhere child
by Christian White
A young woman's life is turned upside down when she discovers that she may have been abducted in early childhood by her recently deceased mother, in a U.S. release of an award-winning debut from Australia.
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The light between oceans
by M. L Stedman
Moving his young bride to an isolated lighthouse home on Australia's Janus Rock, where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant who has washed up on the shore, only to witness a rift in their marriage.
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The elusive language of ducks
by Judith White
After the death of her mother, Hannah begins caring for a duckling given to her as a mourning gift, and as her focus on the duck intensifies, she becomes increasingly alienated from those around her.
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Pompeii
by Robert Harris
Recently placed in charge of the Aqua Augusta, the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples, Roman engineer Marius Primus struggles to discover why the aqueduct has ceased delivering water and heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to find the problem, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe of mammoth proportions.
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Arrowood
by Laura McHugh
Inheriting the grand historical home of her childhood twenty years after her twin sisters were abducted, Arden endeavors to find out what really happened and confronts devastating family secrets.
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Saturn run
by John Sandford
When a Caltech intern notices what seems to be a spaceship decelerating towards Saturn, a new space race begins as governments hurry to get their hands on the technology.
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Heartland
by Jenny Pattrick
Donny Mac was released at Eastertime about a month before Pansy Holloway, also known as Nightshade, disappeared for good. After a short stint in prison on trumped-up charges, the loveable simpleton Donny Mac returns to the house left to him by his grandfather in the small settlement of Manawa, in the shadow of Mt Ruapehu. Now inhabited by a handful of colourful locals, the once prosperous milling town is only bustling in the ski season when the out-of-towners arrive. Awaiting Donny's return is the drunken and pregnant Nightshade, who claims he is the father. Donny's friends keep anxiously: the lace-making Bull Howie; Vera who can be seen every evening wheeling Bull's dinner in a pram down to his house in her own version of meals on wheels; farmer George Kingi and his fey four-year-old daughter Lovey; and the strange elderly sisters who have moved in next door. Also watching is the Virgin Tracey, a sixteen-year-old hiding out in one of the abandoned houses, with her own tiny baby. When an accident threatens to put Donny back into prison, he and the Virgin Tracey come up with a solution. But can the secret remain hidden?
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How to Think Like Obama
by Daniel Smith
Be inspired by Barack Obama and learn how to think big with this unique insight into the mind of one of the world's true innovators and great influencers.
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Convenience store woman
by Sayaka Murata
A Japanese woman who has been working at a convenience store for 18 years, much to the disappointment of her family, finds friendship with an alienated, cynical and bitter young man who becomes her coworker.
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The little prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
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The Rosie Result
by Graeme Simsion
Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they’re about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he’s socially awkward and not fitting in. Don’s spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don to decide how much to guide Hudson and how much to let him be himself, and raise some significant questions about his own identity. Meanwhile, there are multiple distractions to deal with: the Genetics Lecture Outrage, Rosie’s troubles at work, estrangement from his best friend Gene…and opening a cocktail bar.
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Faking friends
by Jane Fallon
Amy thought she knew who Melissa was - then again, Amy also thought she was on the verge of the wedding of her dreams to her long-distance fiancé. When her career suddenly begins to unravel, Amy pays a surprise trip home to London. Her boyfriend Jack is out, but it looks like another woman has been making herself at home... And that Other Woman is Melissa. Amy has lost her job, her fiancé, her best friend and her home in one disastrous weekend - but instead of falling apart she's determined to get her own back. Piecing her life back together won't be half as fun as dismantling theirs, after all.
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