The Deal by Alex Miller

The Deal by Alex MillerA powerful and perceptive novel from two time Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller. 'Miller has created a body of writing that is now acknowledged as one of the great Australian literary achievements of the past half century.' Morag Fraser It's 1975, and at the threshold of his writing career Andy McPherson is navigating how to be fully present both for his partner, Jo, and their young daughter. When forced to take a part time teaching job Andy

' - Sydney Morning Herald

One night she is asked to undertake a terrifying task that could allow her to escape

Amara is cute

"Don Christophersen has researched and written this book on a very important part of Northern Territory history in the early 1890's

Also included are contact details for accredited information centres and useful lists of the facilities in national parks

and indeed the health of its individual members

The Boys in the Boat is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times-the improbable

Yet there's a reason this book is in one in every 20 Australian homes

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed

described with such intimate observation and exquisite restraint that I kept pausing to take a breath and silently cheer the author

judgement and good intentions apply as readily to the complexities of black/white relations today as they did one hundred years ago

a few miles outside their village