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"When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent...
"America is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa in this gripping novel"-- Provided by publisher.
"Gorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize-winner Madhuri Vijay's The Far Field follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the...
"A colleague's suicide prompts a media consultant to work with a postal workers' union struggling for survival. To her surprise, the new assignment brings hope at a time of personal desperation"-- Provided by publisher.
"Written from the perspective of a male narrator, Willa Cather's classic novel is an American version of "Madame Bovary". It is a portrait of a talented woman trapped in the conventions and economic restraints of a marriage. It is the story of a...