Cursed Daughters
By Oyinkan Braithwaite
From the author of My Sister, the Serial Killer comes a haunting tale of love, fate, and family curses. Eniiyi has always resembled her dead aunt, and her family believes she’s her reincarnation. When she saves a boy from drowning and falls in love, she must confront the dark legacy that she may be destined to repeat.
Loved One
By Aisha Muharrar
When Julia’s best friend Gabe dies unexpectedly, she sets off on an international journey to collect the belongings he left behind. But meeting Elizabeth, Gabe’s final love, upends everything. As secrets surface and memories clash, the two women must untangle the truth about Gabe, and reckon with the unexpected connection forming between them.
Heart the Lover
By Lily King
One of the most buzzed about new releases for summer, Heart the Lover is a luminous novel of first love and its lasting echoes. When a surprise visitor resurfaces decades after a tangled college entanglement, a writer must confront the truths she’s long buried. A tender, intelligent exploration of memory, desire, and the stories we carry.
Mother Mary Comes to Me
By Arundhati Roy
A searing, tender memoir of love, rebellion, and identity. Arundhati Roy traces her life, from childhood to the present, through the lens of her fierce, complex relationship with her mother. Intimate, sharp, and unexpectedly funny, it’s a fearless exploration of what shapes a writer, and a woman.
It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You
By Sinead Corcoran Dye
Raw, hilarious, and heartbreakingly honest, this memoir captures the brutal reality of early motherhood. When Sinead’s longed-for baby arrives, so does a crushing wave of postnatal depression. Admitted to the Mother & Baby Unit at Starship Hospital nine days after giving birth, she begins to untangle the truth of new motherhood with wit, fury, and fierce love.
The Vanishing Place
By Zoë Rankin
A girl walks out of the New Zealand bush, bloodied and silent, looking exactly like someone who vanished 20 years ago. Set in a remote West Coast town, The Vanishing Place is a haunting, high-stakes thriller of survival, secrets, and the dark pull of family ties. Chilling, gripping, and impossible to put down.
Words: Mandy Myles of Bookety Book Books
Imagery: Supplied
