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Alison Booth

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Alison Booth's sixth novel, The Painting, was published by RedDoor Press in July 2021. Set in Sydney and Cold War Budapest, The Painting is a compelling story of a traumatised young woman who confronts her family’s past in a quest for a stolen painting. See: https://www.alisonbooth.net/single-po... . Read early industry reviews here: https://www.alisonbooth.net/single-po...

Booth's fifth novel, The Philosopher's Daughters, takes place in1890s London and outback Australia. Published by RedDoor Press in April 2020, it has been described as 'wonderfully evocative' (The Canberra Times), 'a page-turner in the best sense' (Newtown Review of Books), and 'A beautifully immersive story celebrating a journey into the wonderful landscape of Australia w Alison Booth's sixth novel, The Painting, was published by RedDoor Press in July 2021. Set in Sydney and Cold War Budapest, The Painting is a compelling story of a traumatised young woman who confronts her family’s past in a quest for a stolen painting. See: https://www.alisonbooth.net/single-po... . Read early industry reviews here: https://www.alisonbooth.net/single-po...

Booth's fifth novel, The Philosopher's Daughters, takes place in1890s London and outback Australia. Published by RedDoor Press in April 2020, it has been described as 'wonderfully evocative' (The Canberra Times), 'a page-turner in the best sense' (Newtown Review of Books), and 'A beautifully immersive story celebrating a journey into the wonderful landscape of Australia with intriguing characters that wrestle with its wildness and their own self-discovery' (The Reading Desk).

Alison's fourth novel A Perfect Marriage, was published by RedDoor in March 2018. 'A cleverly-constructed story' (Sydney Morning Herald) of love, family and secrets, this domestic noir novel is structured tround dual timelines that represent 'an intricate plaiting of past and present that both tantalises and beguiles' (Marion Halligan).

Alison’s dazzling debut novel, the best-selling Stillwater Creek, is set in a beautiful NSW coastal village and is an unforgettable, heart-warming novel about love and loss, betrayal and hope. Published by Random House Australia in 2010, it was Highly Commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Award. Her best-selling second book, The Indigo Sky - a bighearted tale of family and friendships - followed a year later. The enchanting Jingera trilogy concluded with the publication in June 2012 of A Distant Land, a heart-rending but life-affirming story of love and the callous twists of fate.

Born in Melbourne and brought up in Sydney Australia, Alison obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics. Until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, she divided her time between the Australian National University and the UK. Over the years, she has published a number of short stories, as well as many academic journal articles and several nonfiction books.

Learn more about Alison Booth's fiction at: http://www.alisonbooth.net/ and about her academic work at: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/resear...
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	Stillwater Creek 3.59 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Painting 3.55 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Indigo Sky 3.85 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Distant Land 3.96 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bellevue 4.05 avg rating — 41 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Rivages Du Souvenir: Roman by Alison Booth (Goodreads Author), Hélène Collon (Traduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surrender to Summer 2 by Alison Booth (Goodreads Author), Susan Duncan, Deborah O'Brien (Goodreads Author) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Synopsis of Death at Booroomba Just before embarkation in 1915 Jack O’Rourke saves an old man Sam Lomond from drowning in Sydney Harbour. Four years later Jack – traumatised by his wartime experiences – returns to Australia to find Sam Lomond has died and left Jack his rural property Booroomba near Eden. Puzzled, Jack travels south to see the property and discovers that Lomond was brutally murde Read more of this blog post »

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Alison Booth and 4613 other people liked Emily May's review of Klara and the Sun: "I read right to the end of Klara and the Sun to be really sure there wasn't a moment, a dark depth lurking somewhere, that would make me love it. I pushed through an underwhelming narrative of recycled sci-fi themes, waiting, surely, for Nobel Prize-" Read more of this review »
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Alison Booth and 1 other person liked Amina Kara's review of The Painting: "This was a very enjoyable and well written book. I like architecture, so I loved the fact that our main character was an architect, or atleast studying to become one. I also liked the fact that some of the story took place in Hungary, a country I'm no" Read more of this review »
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Alison Booth and 1 other person liked Janaya Kabamba's review of The Painting: "I am an avid thriller/ mystery reader and on first glance, I really didn't expect to like this book. The initial tone is more of a story about the past and of answers lost in time throughout the generations of a family and from another country a worl" Read more of this review »
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