The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders -- Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police , and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney.

In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work.

In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.

Searching for Charlie - Tom Scott

The story of Charles Upham — New Zealand’s greatest war hero — and Tom Scott’s search for the real man. Brilliantly researched and written by one of NZ’s finest writers. Destined to be the book of 2020, this illustrated hardback will be launched to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the end of WW II, and in perfect time for Father’s Day