A Fortunate Life by A B Facey is a moving and humble tale of resilience that offers stark and valuable perspective to modern readers. Read on for our full review and more about the author and how his story came to be published. A Fortunate Life Book Synopsis Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the … [Read more...]
Book Review – MAKING SOAPIES IN KABUL by Trudi-Ann Tierney
Making Soapies in Kabul Synopsis : Hot days, crazy nights and dangerous liasons in a war zone On an impulse, Trudi-Ann Tierney, Sydney producer and former actress, goes to Kabul to manage a bar. She quickly falls into the local TV industry, where she becomes responsible for producing a highly … [Read more...]
Book Review – MY SALINGER YEAR by Joanna Rakoff
My Salinger Year Synopsis: At twenty-three, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City and takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent for J. D. Salinger. She spends her days in the plush, wood-panelled agency, where … [Read more...]
Nancy Wake (Biography) by Peter FitzSimons, Review: Reads like fiction
Nancy Wake Synopsis A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine 1912-2011 In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo’s most wanted person. As a naïve, young journalist, Nancy Wake witnessed a horrific … [Read more...]
THE BLIND MASSEUSE by Alden Jones, Book Review
The Blind Masseuse is a collection of travel essays named in Publishers Weekly Top 10 Travel Books. The Blind Masseuse Synopsis: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to … [Read more...]
Book Review – WHAT WESTERNERS HAVE FOR BREAKFAST Five Years in Goa by John McBeath
What Westerners Have for Breakfast Synopsis: In the mid-eighties John McBeath and his partner Sue left Australia for India with the dream to open a European-style pensione in an old Portuguese villa in Goa. After several visits to India they had realised that Goa with its European influences, … [Read more...]
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris, Audiobook Review
David Sedaris' Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls is the perfect audiobook to get you through your daily commute. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Synopsis: From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the … [Read more...]
RIDING THE TRAINS IN JAPAN by Patrick Holland, Book Review
Patrick Holland's Riding the Trains in Japan is for those who have left their rose-coloured glasses behind in a nondescript hotel room in a foreign country, but not their inquiring mind and adventurous spirit. Riding the Trains in Japan Synopsis Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East Arriving … [Read more...]