Showing results by publisher "Macmillan Australia Audio" in Coming of Age

'I couldn't be more privileged to bring this beautiful book to life...' Saoirse Ronan 'I have long been a big admirer of Saoirse Ronan's work... she has made the words come alive with her voice.' Colm Tóibín Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but...

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric unit recovering from a mental breakdown. A decade earlier, her life held such promise; she had every option in her hand. How did it come to this? As we go back and walk with Adella through her...

From the author of the no.1 New York Times bestselling novel The Book Thief. "An amazing talent in Australian literature" Sunday Telegraph The Dunbar boys bring each other up in a house run by their own rules. A family of ramshackle tragedy - their mother is dead, their father has fled - they...

LONGLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2025 'I loved it' Hannah Kent 'An instant queer classic' Benjamin Law The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power that could implode a family, a...

'A stunning novel' - Oprah Daily In the rolling farmland of America's Midwest, Gabriel Fisher is exceptional from the moment he is born, weighing in at an impossible eighteen pounds. He walks at eight months, possesses extraordinary athletic abilities and a gentleness that draws people and...

WINNER OF THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW LITERARY AWARDS CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 When someone is taken away, what is left behind? All her life, Till has lived in the shadow of the abduction of a childhood friend and her tormented wondering about whether...

'Impressive...Suzanne Daniel has cleverly woven in the feminism of the time...an accomplished moving and thoughtful read.' Books+Publishing WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2020 I can split myself in two... something I have to do because of Joy and Matilde. They are my...

El O'Reilly is exceptionally good at making mistakes. Mistakes like: -falling in love with the charismatic youth pastor, Mace, while engaged to her high school boyfriend -breaking up with her fiancé the night before Valentine's Day -walking out on her family -dropping out of uni with no plan B...

WINNER OF THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS PREMIER'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW LITERARY AWARDS FOR THE 2025 CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION I saw my mother for a long time after she died. I would see her out windows, or in the corner of my eye. Always in the periphery, always...

Matt Lacey is in a mental health facility recovering from a breakdown. In an attempt to work through a mess of conflicting thoughts and feelings, he writes, unwinding the story of his adolescence with the beautiful, impassive, fierce Christina. As Matt delves into the more agonising moments of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE QLD LITERARY AWARDS YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2025 BEST DESIGNED YOUNG ADULT COVER After three years away, seventeen-year-old Brodie McKellon has returned to live with her eccentric grandmother above the last remaining Dead...