Love in the years of lunacy

Title: Love in the years of lunacy
Author: Sayer, Mandy, 1963-
Narrator: Hood, Kate
Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio
Release Year: 2014
Set in: 1940s, Sydney, NSW

About the Book:
Sydney, 1942. Pearl was eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She played saxophone in an all-girl jazz band at the Trocadero.

One day she sneaked into the blacks-only Booker T Washington Club, and she was mesmerised by James Washington, a black GI and sax player, and the romance started.

Award-winning Australian novelist and memoirist Sayer has created a compelling and layered Pacific WWII love story, a moving and tender story of forbidden love.

About this book from Mandy Sayer

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Girl of shadows

Title: Girl of shadows
Series: Convict girls, 2
Author: Challinor, Deborah
Narrator: Duff, Helen
Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: [Sydney] : Wavesound Pty Ltd
Release Year: 2015
Set in: 1830s, Sydney, Australia


About the Book:
In 1830, Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Harriet Clarke and Sarah Morgan had been transported to Sydney from London. Sarah had been assigned to jeweler Adam Green, Harriet was a maid for the Barrett family, and Friday was working as a prostitute in a brothel. They all were struggling to forget the brutal crime they committed.

The adventures of the convict women continue in this sequel to Behind the Sun. Philippa Gregory met Bryce Courtenay as Sydney's history came vividly to life. What had they done? what had she and Sarah and Friday done?

Convict Barrack Sydney N.S. Wales [ca. 1820] by Paul K

Empire day

Title: Empire day
Author: Armstrong, Diane, 1939-
Narrator: Rubenstein, Deidre, 1948-
Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio
Release Year: 2011
Set in: 1950s, Bondi Junction, NSW

About the Book:
'Empire day' is the engrossing story of the residents of Wattle Street, Bondi Junction in 1948.

It is a novel that explores the changes in Australian society after WW2 when the Australian government invited large numbers of refugees to settle in the country. Known as 'reffo's', with the characteristic habit of Australian's assigning everyone and everything a nickname, the majority of migrants were survivors of the Nazi regime in Eastern Europe. It is an opportunity to start fresh and escape the horrific memories of death and destruction. Yet adjusting was rarely easy, everything was unfamiliar from the landscape to the language.

"A captivating story with a host of interesting characters. Armstrong weaves a multi-strand novel that explores the clash of old and new Australians." -- The Australian Jewish News