“A deft hand has woven this narrative. . . . This book rings true.”―The New York Times Faulkner’s first novel, Soldiers’ Pay (1926), is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veteran’s homecoming, it examines the impact of soldiers’ return from war on the people―particularly the women―who were left behind.

Soldier's pay (Penguin modern classics)

FAULKNER, WILLIAM

Penguin Books Australia

The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea allows us a precious glimpse into a simpler kind of childhood in a country that no longer exists.In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from his world of aunties and cousins and the beautiful, dry landscape of Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favorite, older cousin, Rick, leaves to join the army, the war takes a step closer.When Rick returns from the war several years later, he has changed and Rob feels betrayed. The old merry-go-round that represents Rob’s dream of utopia (the security of his family and of the land that is his home) begins to disintegrate before his eyes.

The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea

STOW, RANDOLPH

Literature & Fiction

The Penguin Petty

PETTY, BRUCE

<p>The subtle stow of a six-year-old boy, whose custody is being fought over by two aunts. Anguish and pathos is countered by a wonderful sense of comedy.</p>

Tom: A child's life regained

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Embling, John

Psychology & Counseling

The Fortunes of Richard Mahony

Henry Handel Richardson

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Rockchoppers: Growing up Catholic in Australia (An Australian original)

Edmund Campion

Religion & Spirituality

Tall poppies: Nine successful Australian women talk to Susan Mitchell

Susan Mitchell

A useless young man?: An autobiography of life in Australia, 1849-64 (Penguin Australian Library)

George Theodore Blakers

<p>Octavo, [25cm/10in], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 260, indexed. Fuly illustrated with b-w halftones</p>

Short History of Australia

History

Clark, Manning

Australia & Oceania

Mixed blessings: John Paul II and the Church of the eighties

Paul Collins

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