Grief Sux

Williams, Lehani

Literature & Fiction

Bowker-Thorpe

Funny You Should Ask: Sometimes life, and death don't go quite according to plan

Scott, Elwood

Humor & Satire

Colin Calls the Help Desk is a hilarious and relatable take on the absurdities of office life. Follow Colin the Koala as he dives into his first job and meets Graham, a cynical 20 year employee who is just 'hanging out for redundancy', Bob - his continually disorganised boss and Brenda, who seems to spend most of her day telling everyone how busy she is. Colin's job comes complete with a series of mandatory workshops to identify why people think there's too many meetings, conflicting "work smarter" initiatives, and an IT Help(?) Desk who want to email Colin the login details to access his computer. A brief Colin the Koala FAQ Q. I notice there's a koala on the cover. Is this a book for kids? A. Not if you ever want them to get a job. Colin Calls the Help Desk is a satirical look at the absurdity of working in an office. Our hero just happens to be a positive and perhaps slightly naïve koala. Q. So - The Koala - isn't a nickname? Like Jimmy the Finch, Nikki the Llama or Oblong Doug? A. Nope. Colin the Koala is actually a Koala. Q. But aren't koalas generally naked, drunk and spend all their time sleeping or catching Chlamydia? A. No, you're thinking of Bryan from Accounting. Colin wears a suit, is sober, a little naïve and excited to lean-in, add value and grab the low hanging fruit. Full of relatable themes and unforgettable characters, Colin Calls the Help Desk is a must-read for anyone who has ever found themselves immersed in the madness called the corporate world.

Colin Calls the Help Desk: An Irreverent Tale of Corporate Life (Colin the Koala)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Discover your limitless potential with this powerful strategy for developing an authentic positive mindset!\nDo you struggle to believe in positive thinking, even when trying your best? 
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How To Believe Your Positive Self-Talk: 7 Steps To Heal Your Emotional Pain, Make Room For New Thoughts, And Feel Genuinely Happy (You Are Your Happy Place)

Clark, Pippa

Children's Books

Product Description 
For fans of Robyn Carr and Barbara O’Neal comes a family drama from best-selling Australian author Fiona Lowe. 
What can you believe in if the past is a lie? 
Harriett Chirnwell has a perfect life—a husband who loves her, a successful career and a daughter who is destined to become a doctor just like her. 
Xara has always lived in Harriet's shadow; her chaotic life with her family on their sheep farm falls far short of her older sister's standards of perfection and prestige. 
Georgie is the youngest and the only one of the three sisters to have left small-town, Billawarre. But is she happy? 
All three sisters have a different and often strained bond with their mother. When Edwina arrives at her milestone birthday party on the arm of an unknown man, the lives of the sisters are changed forever. Who is this man? 
Suddenly there are criminal accusations, daughters in crisis and tangled secrets. Will old secrets shatter the perfect facade of this prominent family? When your world falls apart the only person you can depend on is your sister. 
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See for yourself; read Daughter of Mine today. 
 Review 
"A sweeping Australian novel of lost love and tangled family secrets." - 
Australian Country on 
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Daughter of Mine\n" 
Daughter of Mine is a beautiful story of bonds, family expectations and the insidious and far reaching effects of secrets and lies. It may be the first book I have read by Fiona Lowe but I'm sure it won't be the last." -Beauty & Lace on 
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Daughter of Mine\nAbout the Author 
Fiona Lowe is an Australian bestselling, multi published RITA & RuBY award-winning author. She loves to explore the impact of secrets and lies on families, especially women over the generations, as well as exploring community themes such as the impact of wildfires. Daughter of Mine, Birthright, Home Fires and Just An Ordinary Family have all received rave reviews. A distracted wife, mother of two young adult sons, guardian of 80 rose bushes and slave to a cat, she is often found collapsed on the couch with wine.

Daughter of Mine: A novel about family secrets and lies

Lowe, Fiona

Genre Fiction

Review\n"Lowe is a master at painting believable characters with heart and soul that contribute to creating such an addictive read." --The Weekly Times on Birthright\n"Filled with credible characters and familiar situations, it makes for an emotional read."--Canberra Weekly on Birthright\n"Entertaining and riveting reading."--Good Reading on Birthright\n"A gripping tale. --GlamAdelaide\n"Devoured this in a day, a real page-turner."--Nicola Goodreads\n"Breathtakingly good."--Tanya Goodreads\n"I love Fiona Lowe's books! She is a must read for me!" --Kelly Goodreads\n"A delicious story of family, betrayal and love." --Kerryn Goodreads\nFor fans of Robyn Carr and Kristan Higgins comes a family drama from best-selling Australian author Fiona Lowe.\nIs an inheritance a privilege or a right?\nMargaret, the matriarch of the wealthy Jamieson family, has always been as tightfisted with the family money as she is with her affections. Sarah is the eldest child and although successful in her own right, her achievements are overshadowed by her younger brother. Sarah feels compelled to meet Margaret's every demand to earn her love.\nAfter a poverty-stricken childhood, Anita has claimed the social status she's worked so hard to achieve by marrying Cameron Jamieson. Although they have a comfortable life, she's never able to fully relax, fearing everything could change in a heartbeat.\nEllie, the youngest, has lived a nomadic and—according to her siblings—a selfish life, leaving them to care for their aging mother. For her, freedom means staying far away from the strings attached to her inheritance, but she needs to consider her young son's future as well.\nAs their mother's health deteriorates, will long-held secrets and childhood rivalries smash this family into pieces? And who will get the money?\nAn addictive and page-turning story of the relationships between siblings and of deceit, betrayal and revenge.\nSee for yourself; read Birthright today.\nFrom the Author\nDear Readers, Is an inheritance a privilege or a right? Throw that question into a dinner party and listen to the opinions fly.The decision to write Birthrightwas born out of stories inside and outside of my family. Today, in first world countries, people are living longer and the baby boomers are holders of the wealth. People are finding they are sixty plus before they receive their inheritance and are retired themselves. This had generated two social conditons: inheritance impatience and elder abuse. Some elderly people find their families apply pressure to release money before their death to help with mortgages and school fees. Some threaten to withdraw contact with grandchildren...stories abound. At the heart of Birthright there's a will, a large inheritance and an ailing matriarch who meters out her love and money, controlling her three adult children without them being fully aware she is the puppet master. Not just a novelist, I've worked as a midwife, a sexual health counsellor and a family support worker; an ideal proving ground to about family and complex relationships. I write about real people facing tough choices and explore how family ties impact on their decisions. Sarah is 45-years-old and the first-born Jamieson by a mere ten months. When her brother, Cameron, was born, Sarah not only lost her birthright, she grew up in the shadow cast by his golden crown. Sarah has turned herself inside out to be a dutiful daughter and now her mother is aging, she is Margaret's go-to person. Sarah runs a very successful business with her husband, is the mother of three teenage children and is increasingly finding herself sandwiched between the needs of her mother and her children and juggling her responsibilities. The last thing she expects is her husband to add to the chaos.Anita is thirty-seven and married to Cameron Jamieson. Growing up poor, she's married well and is determined never to feel the weight of poverty pressing down on her again. With four daugh

Birthright: Three families, one fortune, let the scheming begin...

Jodi Picoult meets Liane Moriarty in this tensely negotiated story of family ties, betrayal and sacrifice.Every family has its secrets...Alice Hunter is smarting from the raw deal life has thrown her way: suddenly single, jobless and forced to move home to her parents' tiny seaside town. And now she faces an uncomfortable truth. She wants her twin sister Libby's enviable life.Libby's closest friend Jess Dekic has been around the Hunter family for so long she might as well be blood. She's always considered herself a sister closer to Libby than Alice ever could be ... Libby Hunter has all of life's boxes ticked: prominent small-town doctor, gorgeous husband and two young daughters. But when she is betrayed by those she loves most, it reveals how tenuous her world is... For Karen Hunter, her children are a double-edged sword of pain and pride. She's always tried to guide her girls through life's pitfalls, but how do you protect your children when they're adults?As the family implodes, the fallout for these four women will be inescapable... Bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe wields a deft hand in creating utterly addictive storytelling that will have you questioning your own perceptions of what family is.

Just An Ordinary Family: You can choose your friends ...

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