New books on display at Hurunui District Library from 4 Dec – 11 Dec

 ”How to prune” by John Cushnie

 

Pruning is one aspect of gardening that nature is not very good at. For once, you really do need to get out there and help her along. This book covers the basic techniques and includes specific instructions on pruning over 500 popular garden plants. [Cover] 

 

 “The business” by Martina Cole 

Imelda Dooley is scared. Really scared. She’s played hard and fast and now she’s been caught. She’s pregnant and now she’s on her own. Her father, not a man to mess with, will see that somebody pays for this. And it’s not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley’s husband is killed in the night’s events, she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. And graft she does, becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughter’s life spiral into a vicious, hate-fuelled cycle of drugs and prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imelda’s existence are Mary’s adored grandchildren, Jordanna and Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isn’t yet three and she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother, Kenny, and try not to draw unwanted attention to herself. Set in the East End of London from the tail-end of the seventies up until the present-day, a tale of drugs, prostitution and a young girl’s fight for survival against all the odds. [Cover]

 “The land of summer” by Charlotte Bingham

 

Emmaline has always understood from her mother that as the eldest of four daughters she must marry, but it seems that no proposals are going to come her way. Until, at a crowded ball, Julius makes his way to her side and waltzes her off. The next morning he makes it plain that he wants to marry her, and will marry her no matter what. So it is that Emmaline finds herself on the way to England from America to be with her husband-to-be, her hopes as high as they have ever been. What greets her when she arrives, however, is a strange house, full of odd guests and eccentric servants. It is a far cry from the glorious place that Julius had described to her. Indeed, as the days go by, her fiance seems to change beyond recognition and Emmaline becomes more and more unhappy.She cannot see any future to their relationship. But that is before Julius’s past, and the history of his house, make themselves plain to her. [Cover]

 “The slap” by Christos Tsiolkas

At a suburban barbecue a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, friends and relatives who are all directly or indirectly influenced by the slap. In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all : the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The slap is told from the point of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. [Cover]

   ”Coast to coast” by Rick Stein  

Rick Stein’s passion for fresh, well-sourced food has taken him from continent to continent, across magnificent shorelines and to the very best produce the coast has to offer. From Fresh grilled cod with shellfish in garlic butter at the tip of St Ives, to Cured red duck breasts with melon, soy and pickled ginger in Sydney Harbour, this collection of over 130 recipes evokes all the pleasure and flavour associated with the coast. Chapters are organised by region: healthy salads inspired by the Californian ocean, sumptuous starters fit for French cuisine, modern light lunches such as Japanese sashimi and Moroccan tagines, and main courses using fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, poultry and game from the most fertile coastal regions in the world. [Cover]

 

To reserve any of these items please contact your local library or email info@hurunuilibraries.govt.nz

 

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