The Gospel According To Luke
Brandl & Schlesinger, $26.95 pb, 298 pp, 1876040785
Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales For Girls
Allen & Unwin, $22.95 pb, 260 pp, 1741149304
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Love, family, hope, death and grief have always been among fiction’s chief concerns. The Gospel According to Luke and Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls, both second books from their authors, share many of these themes. The Gospel According to Luke adds faith, belief, religion and prayer; and Emily Maguire adroitly pulls off what would, in lesser hands, be a farce.
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The Gospel According To Luke
by Emily Maguire
Brandl & Schlesinger, $26.95 pb, 298 pp, 1876040785
Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales For Girls
by Danielle Wood
Allen & Unwin, $22.95 pb, 260 pp, 1741149304
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