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Home and displacedPulitzer prize-winner Marilynne Robinson follows up Gilead with Home (Virago,October).Published 8 October, 2008 
Pulitzer prize-winner Marilynne Robinson follows up Gilead with Home (Virago,October). It looks as though the author is not finished with the people and places in Gilead as this novel continues on with them. Jack, the wayward son, returns home after decades away. The family hope that their love will be enough to make him stay, that he is capable of change. Of course, there will be further complexities. Set two centuries earlier than Beloved, another novel that promises to be a powerful tale of tragedy and displacement is Toni Morrison’s A Mercy (Chatto & Windus, November). Florens, a young girl, is taken in by an Anglo-Dutch trader despite his distaste for dealing in ‘flesh’. There are also the voices of Florens' mother, a sea captain’s daughter, a native American woman, and a tribe mistress Rebekka. Toni Morrison’s first novel in five years is sure to be a powerful one. This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from New Releases
First Taste challenges misconceptions on Indigenous alcohol consumption within Australia’s social history.1 December, 2008 
Dr John Tickell’s Great Australian Diet 2 and the second edition of the accompanying Great Australian Diet Recipe Book are out in January (Wilkinson Publishing).1 December, 2008 
Stephen Fry has always been fascinated by America (Thorsons, December).1 December, 2008 
Eight stylish hardbacks celebrate women of art and literature for the 30th anniversary of Virago’s Modern Classics (November).1 December, 2008 
So much can be learnt about lands and environments by listening to the stories and parables of ancient peoples.1 December, 2008 
Voyages around the Australian coast, discovering treasure and dealing with disappointment, emotions and spirits running high and low are due in Caribbee (Greg Dickson, Deep End Press, December), along with great research into Australian and Dutch maritime history.1 December, 2008 
Andrew Blechman was inspired to write Leisureville (UQP, December) after his next-door neighbours moved into a massive gated retirement community called ‘The Villages’, the largest in the world with a growing population bordering on 100,000.1 December, 2008 
Parted tragically from First Sergeant Charles Monroe King by an explosion in Baghdad, Dana Canedy tells the story of their love, and the journal King left behind for their infant son in the poignant memoir A Journal for Jordan (Hachette, February).1 December, 2008 
Like to see gore spilling across the page? Jack Kilborn will make you Afraid (Headline) next March.28 November, 2008 
Take a look here for the December New Titles from Melbourne University Press21 November, 2008 |
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