toward Australian books... One of the that is available here in the US is:
Bail, Murray - "Eucalyptus" -- It is almost like a fairy tale. A man
plants every eucalyptus on his property and in order to win the hand of
his beautiful daughter a suitor has to name each tree.
Nemirovsky, Irene - "Suite Francaise" -- Because the author was killed in
a concentration camp, the book is incomplete. It begins on the eve of the
Nazi occupation of Paris. It is very odd to read this book with our
current day sensibilities and trying to bring your mind to the fact that
she didn't know how it would all 'come out.
Korman, Gordon - "No More Dead Dogs" -- is a fun YA read. The protaganist
really is tired of having the dog die and makes suggestions to the drama
club on how to change a play.
Greenwood, Kerry - "Death before Wicket" and "Cocaine Blues".
Greenwood's "sleuth" is Phryne Fisher. It was recommended by a patron and
since Phryne is Australian we had to read it.
Black, Benjamin - "Christine Falls". The first book with a surly Dublin
pathologist named Quirke who follows where the path of a corpse leads him.
It is a little denser than a quick-read mystery.
Edwards, Kim - "Memory Keeper's Daughter" a decision of a doctor who
delivered his own twins haunts him and his family the rest of their lives.
A good companion to read with it is Jodi Picoult's "My sister's Keeper"
Those were some of my notable reads in 2008
Submitted by Laurie
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