Book Review – Scuffed Granny

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

A project takes people back to nature and a nomadic lifestyle but is this going to be the idyll they think it will be?

A short book of poems, some prose, some stream-of-consciousness musings, forming an eclectic collection, delivered in the same erudite voice

An intriguing title for an intriguing book about an imaginative girl called April at a key time in her life

A memoir of a life which begins troubled but shows the true power of resilience and the importance of having the right support

A fun book for middle graders, which is humorous and a little bit bonkers, of an unlikely hero and his fight to save Snackland and dumplings

A book which begins with a family in tragedy but gradually, through faith and healing and the support of others, the way is shown to them

Spain’s love of bullfighting is explored in this tale of competition between family, money and tradition

This book was a breath of fresh air! It had a lot going on – romance, tragedy, families – beautifully packaged by excellent storytelling!

Family, farm-life and hardship feature in this original novel set in Australia, with elements of saga mixed with myth and magical realism

Time-travelling husband attempts to save wife by going back to their high school years, making for tension-filled story of sinister pursuit