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Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St John Mandel (narrated by Arthur Morey, Dylan Moore, John Lee, Kirsten Potter) – Picador, 2022
If you liked her ‘Station Eleven’ (now also a TV miniseries) then you’re going love this. Her beautifully lyrical writing weaves a number of seemingly separate events from the past, present and future together to a cosmic conclusion.
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The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See – Simon & Schuster, 2020
I came to this story with woefully little knowledge about Korea during World War II and in the years that followed. Neither did I know much about the women free divers of the island of Jeju, so this story of the lives of two young girls growing up and working in their diving collection was both gripping and illuminating.
And as a bonus,
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Exiles, by Jane Harper (narrated by Steve Shanahan) – Macmillan Australia, 2022
It was such a delight to follow the detective we’ve met in her earlier novels in this cold case mystery.
Loved The Exiles too Alison! It was my Christmas read.
I hope she doesn’t retire our hero!!! (i.e. he can’t be happy for too long, can he?)