“What a magnificent book! A tale of family that weaves through so many of the tragedies of the twentieth century and yet remains personal and intimate.”
“What a magnificent book! A tale of family that weaves through so many of the tragedies of the twentieth century and yet remains personal and intimate.”
Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
The Tulip Tree
Inspired by true events, The Tulip Tree is a sweeping family saga set in Poland and Russia during the tumultuous years of the twentieth century. Brothers Henryk and Adi Radecki, and Adi’s wife and son, are at the heart of this gripping tale of love, sacrifice and loyalty. A story of courage and survival, of betrayal and forgiveness, it reminds us of our power to endure extraordinary times, of the moral choices we make and the dramatic turns our lives can take.
What a magnificent book! A tale of family that weaves through so many of the tragedies of the twentieth century and yet remains personal and intimate.
What a magnificent book! A tale of family that weaves through so many of the tragedies of the twentieth century and yet remains personal and intimate.
Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
A breathtaking family saga, set in the darkest of times, about the struggle to love and the courage to go on.
A breathtaking family saga, set in the darkest of times, about the struggle to love and the courage to go on.
Tim Costello AO
A moving story of how one family survives a horrendous period in history, and of the secrets they carry with them into the future.
A moving story of how one family survives a horrendous period in history, and of the secrets they carry with them into the future.
Joan London, author of The Golden Age
A beautifully written novel about betrayal and forgiveness (especially of ourselves), about suffering and survival, about the baggage we take with us, and what we leave behind.
A beautifully written novel about betrayal and forgiveness (especially of ourselves), about suffering and survival, about the baggage we take with us, and what we leave behind.
Cynthia Banham, author of A Certain Light
A vivid and compelling story of love, loss, and resilience. Told with compassion and wisdom it reminds us of how, even after the most crushing defeats, hope can survive and renewal is possible.
A vivid and compelling story of love, loss, and resilience. Told with compassion and wisdom it reminds us of how, even after the most crushing defeats, hope can survive and renewal is possible.
Eva Stachniak, author of The Chosen Maiden
Fresh with the cadences of everyday life and history, The Tulip Tree is a tender and moving exploration of one family’s fault lines and its enduring connections across time.
Fresh with the cadences of everyday life and history, The Tulip Tree is a tender and moving exploration of one family’s fault lines and its enduring connections across time.
Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
What a magnificent book! A tale of family that weaves through so many of the tragedies of the twentieth century and yet remains personal and intimate.
What a magnificent book! A tale of family that weaves through so many of the tragedies of the twentieth century and yet remains personal and intimate.
Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
A vivid, challenging and utterly absorbing feat of storytelling, The Tulip Tree asks what moral compass can guide souls united by love but riven by doubt, secrets, betrayals and terror, and its questions reverberate through our own times.
A vivid, challenging and utterly absorbing feat of storytelling, The Tulip Tree asks what moral compass can guide souls united by love but riven by doubt, secrets, betrayals and terror, and its questions reverberate through our own times.
Jane Sullivan, author of Storytime
I commend this book…to any reader who still believes that the novel can take us on an unparalleled journey.
I commend this book…to any reader who still believes that the novel can take us on an unparalleled journey.
Robert Hillman, author of The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
McCourt deftly demonstrates how a family saga might be shaped not only by individual character but also by the forces of history.
McCourt deftly demonstrates how a family saga might be shaped not only by individual character but also by the forces of history.
Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Tulip Tree is vivid storytelling at its best, atmospheric, and engrossing: a powerful and compelling read from beginning to end, and one readers will not soon forget.
The Tulip Tree is vivid storytelling at its best, atmospheric, and engrossing: a powerful and compelling read from beginning to end, and one readers will not soon forget.
Fiona Alison, Historical Novel Society
“Our narrator (is) reminiscent of Francie Nolan, had Francie lived in southern Australia instead of Brooklyn. The Lost Child… will haunt readers long after they’ve turned the last page.”
“Our narrator (is) reminiscent of Francie Nolan, had Francie lived in southern Australia instead of Brooklyn. The Lost Child… will haunt readers long after they’ve turned the last page.”
The New York Journal of Books
The Lost Child
The Lost Child is a story about family, identity and growing up. Sylvie is a charming narrator with a big heart and a sharp eye for the comic moment. As the years go by she learns how tiny events can changes entire lives, and how leaving might be the only solution when the world will never be the same again.
Echoes of Tim Winton … plainspoken but deftly crafted, laced with both humour and searing sadness. Highly recommended.
Echoes of Tim Winton … plainspoken but deftly crafted, laced with both humour and searing sadness. Highly recommended.
NZ Herald
…a haunting story, it also demonstrates the power of the human psyche to overcome past difficulties and find ways to fully live.
…a haunting story, it also demonstrates the power of the human psyche to overcome past difficulties and find ways to fully live.
Otago Daily Times
There’s a watchful intensity to McCourt’s writing, a remarkable ability to discover within the most concrete details a rich and raw emotion…a novel that is at once very familiar and entirely fresh.
There’s a watchful intensity to McCourt’s writing, a remarkable ability to discover within the most concrete details a rich and raw emotion…a novel that is at once very familiar and entirely fresh.
Weekend Australian
Our narrator (is) reminiscent of Francie Nolan, had Francie lived in southern Australia instead of Brooklyn. The Lost Child… will haunt readers long after they’ve turned the last page.
Our narrator (is) reminiscent of Francie Nolan, had Francie lived in southern Australia instead of Brooklyn. The Lost Child… will haunt readers long after they’ve turned the last page.
The New York Journal of Books
The Lost Child is an assured and bittersweet coming-of-age tale with a vivid sense of time and place… The novel is a strong addition to the shelves of Australian literary fiction.
The Lost Child is an assured and bittersweet coming-of-age tale with a vivid sense of time and place… The novel is a strong addition to the shelves of Australian literary fiction.
Australian Bookseller and Publishing
The Lost Child
Finalist in the Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2015
The Last Taboo:
A Love Story
WARNING! This is a confronting story!
In the late 60’s, Claire is a teenager, forced to give up her son for adoption. Twenty years later, when mother and son are reunited, the love they share soon spins out of control and Claire’s life begins to unravel.
When Suzanne’s beloved old dog became frail and needy, she caught a glimmer of her own demise. Would she age so bravely? With such love and trust and dignity? This wise and wonderful little book will resonate with anyone who's ever loved and lost a dog.
Take an insightful journey through the meditative and mindful ways of man's best friend. Learn how to still your wild dog mind and find inner peace. Discover dog-proven ways to live in the moment. For those fully attuned to old dogs, you may even stumble upon the meaning of life!
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