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The Last of the Bonegilla Girls
- By: Victoria Purman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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1954: When 16-year-old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family, she is hoping to escape the hopelessness of life as a refugee in post-war Germany. Her first stop is the Bonegilla Migrant Camp on the banks of the Murray in rural Victoria, a temporary home for thousands of new arrivals, all looking for work and a better life. There, Elizabeta becomes firm friends with the feisty Greek Vasiliki; quiet Italian Iliana; and the adventurous Frances, the daughter of the camp's director.
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Dramatic historical fiction
- By Aussielee on 22-12-2019
- The Last of the Bonegilla Girls
- By: Victoria Purman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
A long tale but worth it in the end
Reviewed: 21-10-2018
The story took the reader across the changing face of Australia beautifully. It was naive and innocent to start with and some sections of the book about Bonegilla did feel a little aimless at the time but the story wove intriguingly across the second half. Well worth the read
1 person found this helpful
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Us Against You
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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A small, broken town sits on the edge of a frozen lake surrounded by a forest, its wounds still raw from a tragedy that tore its fragile community in two. Beartown has lost its way. Now the cold and dark that surround the snowbound town creep in, and so do new conflicts and tensions. What was once a friendly rivalry with the neighbouring town is beginning to turn sinister and Beartown braces itself for another tragic blow. How far will the people of Beartown go to preserve their reputations for a second, deadly time?
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Gritty but powerful
- By Anonymous User on 29-07-2018
- Us Against You
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: John Sackville
Gritty but powerful
Reviewed: 29-07-2018
The characters are so imperfectly real that they draw you into the story and provoke strong reactions in the reader. Nothing is black and white and the complexities of small town life are captured perfectly.
2 people found this helpful
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A Man Called Ove
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He isn't as young as he used to be. He drives a Saab. He points at people he doesn't like the look of. He is described by those around his as 'the neighbour from hell'.Every morning he makes his inspection rounds of the local streets. He moves bicycles and checks the contents of recycling bins, even though it's been years since he was fired as Chairman of the Residents' Association in a vicious 'coup d'état'.
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Best book i've read in a long time!
- By Anne on 11-01-2015
- A Man Called Ove
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
A truly delightful story
Reviewed: 25-03-2018
This story is beautifully written and the intertwining of the past and present give great depth into the man called Ove. I loved it!
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - literally scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.
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I didn' want it to end (I know that seems ghastly)
- By Sarah on 30-04-2018
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
An emotive rollercoaster
Reviewed: 10-03-2018
The imagery and emotions draw the reader into the horrors but also the strength of the human experience. This is an exceptional book!