Last Chance in Paris: Small acts of kindness in everyday life by Lynda Marron
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Following a tragedy, an Irish couple takes a make-or-break trip to Paris. A funny, moving and, above all, life-affirming novel. When her husband suggests a romantic break, Claire feels obliged to say yes but immediately regrets it. After all that they've been through, how can one weekend in Paris save t ...Show more
The Work by Bri Lee
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The intersections between art, life, power and privilege are explored in this first work of fiction from the bestselling author of Eggshell Skull. Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying off. Pat is a scholarship boy desperate to establish himse ...Show more
The Gentleman From Peru by Andre Aciman
$30.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story from the global bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name. We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming. . . but we're all crawling back, each in his or her own way. A group of college friends find themselves ...Show more
Take Two by Danielle Hawkins
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Sometimes, you have to revisit your past to find your future. Laura and Doug were together for ages. Their breakup was just one of those things - she wanted children, he didn't, no hard feelings - at least not until, with their relationship barely cold in its grave, he got his new girlfriend pregnant. ...Show more
When I Open the Shop by romesh dissanayake
$35.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
In his small noodle shop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, a young chef obsessively juliennes carrots. Nothing is going according to plan: the bills are piling up, his mother is dead, and there are strangers in his kitchen. The ancestors are watching closely. Told through a series of brilliant interludes and jum ...Show more
Because All Fades by Freddy Gillies
$38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Andrew and his girlfriend Jess are making a life for themselves in London, but it’s a bit of a grind, and now their relationship is beginning to suffer. Andrew’s best friend Jaryd on the other hand is living every young man’s dream – a beautiful apartment in Paris, a happy relationship with the lovely L ...Show more
What You Are Looking for is in the Library: The uplifting Japanese fiction bestseller by Michiko Aoyama
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
At once heart-rending and heartwarming, this bestselling shortlistee of the Japan Booksellers' Prize is a celebraton of community libraries and the life-changing power of book recommendation. 'I definitely want to visit this library. I feel kinder after this book' 5***** - Reader review What are you l ...Show more
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
$38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
An unforgettable story of love, faith and science, Enlightenment is Sarah Perry's finest novel to date 'A complete masterwork' SARAH HALL, author of The Electric Michelangelo 'Enlightenment is a gift' SE N HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide Thomas Hart and Grace Macauley are fellow worshippers ...Show more
Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
$38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Tales of the City
Mona is the eccentric Lady of Easley House, running a bed and breakfast to keep her inherited English manor afloat. Wilfred is Mona's 26-year-old adopted son who spends his weekends in London, looking for love in the gay bars of Soho while pining after his pen pal, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver. The current ...Show more
The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan
$28.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
WHEN HER SECRET SURFACES, CAN HER FAMILY SURVIVE IT? The tender, immersive and beautifully observed international bestseller, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Marian Keyes and Carley Fortune. 'Oh. My. God. The opening of this story was phenomenal. I was hooked from that first chapter, well done Anne ...Show more
Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From renowned author Paul Theroux comes the fascinating, atmospheric tale of George Orwell's years in Burma. 'There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever.' - George Orwell Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair ...Show more
Happy Place by Emily Henry
$26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world. Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, bec ...Show more