Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen by Ottessa MoshfeghTrapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city. In the meantime, her nights and weekends are filled with shoplifting and cleaning up her increasingly deranged father's messes. When the beautiful, charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted, unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously

But scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang is even closer to the throne

a place of white stone

Laminated for durability

Featuring colourful illustrations

betrayal and one very forgettable horned glob

designed to help you broaden your vocabulary

the Kimberley

There is the sexy but troubled Solange

but this collection of letters exchanged for 40 years between two of Australia's most erudite authors shows what an important part of social history it is

These less qualified men of antiquity dish out mediocrity as if it's pure genius For the women who have endured overbearing men over the centuries Written with hilariously painful accuracy "Now

including 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'

Mel loves it here-the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles