Mr Wigg

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349134178

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Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson Pdf

Jack used to say that a good orchard was like a well-lived life. The one up at the old farm, with its hundred-year-old pears leaning over the entrance gates, held more Wigg history than anything written down. It's the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what's left of the family farm. He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his produce and, when it's on, watching the cricket. It's a full life. Things are changing though, with Australia and England playing a one-day match, and his new neighbours planting grapes for wine. His wife died a few years ago, his daughter never visits, and his son thinks he should move into town. But Mr Wigg has trees and chickens to look after on the farm. His grandchildren visit often: to cook, eat and hear stories. And he has a project to finish...

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780733635977

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Understory by Inga Simpson Pdf

'a controlled and literate work that earns its emotional peaks' - Saturday Paper 'a delight' - The Australian A memoir about staying in one place, told through trees, by the award-winning author of MR WIGG, NEST and WHERE THE TREES WERE. "The understorey is where I live, alongside these plants and creatures. I tend the forest, stand at the foot of trees and look up, gather what has fallen." This is the story of a tree-change, of escaping suburban Brisbane for a cottage on ten acres in search of a quiet life. Of establishing a writers retreat shortly before the Global Financial Crisis hit, and of losing just about everything when it did. It is also the story of what the author found there: the beauty of nature and her own path as a writer. Understory is a memoir about staying in one place, told through trees, by the award-winning author of MR WIGG, NEST and WHERE THE TREES WERE. 'Something powerful ... takes hold of the reader and transports [you] to the forest floor in a kind of awe' - Sydney Morning Herald 'I love the way the reader gets lost in the trees and then lost in Inga's life and then lost in the trees again. Understory feels so rich and nourishing, as if the restorative power of the Australian bush is transmitted through her words.' - Richard Glover, bestselling author and radio presenter 'a fine addition to the genre of Australian nature writing' Books + Publishing **Includes an extract from Simpson's next transporting novel, The Last Woman in the World**

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780733630347

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Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson Pdf

Mr Wigg captivates to the end' - Good Reading Magazine It's the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. He misses his daughter, too, and wonders when he'll see her again. He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his produce and, when it's on, watching the cricket. It's a full life. Things are changing though, with Australia and England playing a one-day match, and his new neighbours planting grapes for wine. His son is on at him to move into town but Mr Wigg has his fruit trees and his chooks to look after. His grandchildren visit often: to cook, eat and hear his stories. And there's a special project he has to finish ... It's a lot of work for an old man with shaking hands, but he'll give it a go, as he always has. 'beautiful and absorbing' - Sydney Morning Herald 'resonantly powerful at every bite...Just beautiful' - Australian Women's Weekly 'Beautifully crafted and brimming with warmth' - Who Weekly 'that warm feeling ... of what is right and good about the world overwhelmed me on closing this book' - Australian Books & Publisher **Includes an extract from Simpson's next transporting novel, The Last Woman in the World**

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780733634543

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Where The Trees Were by Inga Simpson Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE AWARD FOR FICTION 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017 A beautiful new novel about the innocence of childhood and the scars that stay with you for life, from the award winning author of Mr Wigg and Nest. 'All in?' Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours. Kieran cleared his throat. 'We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. To protect each other - and this place.' Finding those carved trees forged a bond between Jay and her four childhood friends and opened their eyes to a wider world. But their attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster, and that one day on the river changes their lives forever. Seventeen years later, Jay finally has her chance to make amends. But at what cost? Not every wrong can be put right, but sometimes looking the other way is no longer an option. Praise for Where The Trees Were: 'an entrancing novel from a powerful new voice in Australian literature' - Australian Women's Weekly - APRIL 2016 AWW GREAT READ Praise for Nest: '(a) truly rich novel' - Sydney Morning Herald 'a thoroughly enjoyable, uplifting read from one of the most creative nature writers of our time' - MiNDFOOD Praise for Mr Wigg: 'beautiful and absorbing' - Sydney Morning Herald 'Simpson is a beautiful writer' - The Big Issue **Includes an extract from Simpson's next transporting novel, The Last Woman in the World**

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780733632495

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Nest by Inga Simpson Pdf

Shortlisted for The Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal 2015 Longlisted for The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 Longlisted for The Australian Literary Studies Gold Medal 2015 Longlisted for The Stella Prize 2015 A gripping and thought-provoking novel about finding the lost child in all of us. Once an artist and teacher, Jen now spends her time watching the birds around her house and tending her lush sub-tropical garden near the small hinterland town where she grew up. The only person she sees regularly is Henry, who comes after school for drawing lessons. When a girl in Henry's class goes missing, Jen is pulled back into the depths of her own past. She lost her father and her best friend Michael when she was Henry's age. They also went missing - in the same week. The whole town talked about it then, and now, nearly forty years later, they're talking about it again. Everyone is waiting - for the girl to be found and the summer rain to arrive. At last, when the answers do come, like the wet, it is in a drenching, revitalising downpour. 'entrancing' - Adelaide Advertiser 'a story full of intrigue' - Herald Sun 'Nest is a thoroughly enjoyable, uplifting read from one of the most creative nature writers of our time' - MiNDFOOD 'This gentle, introspective novel will delight bird lovers and possibly introduce the joys of the avian world to others.... Inga Simpson writes wondrously simple prose about the natural world' - Good Reading 'a testament to her talent as a nature writer' - The Saturday Age

Author : Susan Wiggs
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780778315384

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Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs Pdf

Unexpected change can be like a breath of fresh air--a little brisk at first, but magic for body and soul, in the latest work from the author who paints the details of human relationships with the finesse of a master (Jodi Picoult).

Author : James C. McKay,United States. Office of Independent Counsel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Conflict of interests
ISBN : UCR:31210010706347

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Report of Independent Counsel in Re Edwin Meese III by James C. McKay,United States. Office of Independent Counsel Pdf

Author : United States. Office of Independent Counsel,James C. McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Conflict of interests
ISBN : UOM:35112100670498

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Report of Independent Counsel in Re Edwin Meese III by United States. Office of Independent Counsel,James C. McKay Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on Noxious Vapours
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Air
ISBN : UOM:35112105145652

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Report by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Noxious Vapours Pdf

Author : South Carolina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1446 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : South Carolina
ISBN : UOM:39015039652782

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Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina by South Carolina Pdf

The early years include principally resolutions, with few reports.

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780751578553

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The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson Pdf

Award-winning writer Inga Simpson terrifies and enthralls with this truly remarkable novel of a woman who must face her worst fears to survive and find beauty in the Australian bush. Fear is her cage. But what's outside is worse... It's night, and the walls of Rachel's home creak in the darkness of the Australian bush. Her fear of other people has led her to a reclusive life as far from them as possible, her only occasional contact with her sister. A hammering on the door. There stand a mother, Hannah, and her sick baby. They are running for their lives from a mysterious death sweeping the Australian countryside - so soon, too soon, after everything. Now Rachel must face her worst fears to help Hannah, search for her sister, and discover just what terror was born of us. . . and how to survive it. For fans of STATION ELEVEN, BIRDBOX and A QUIET PLACE, this remarkable, frightening yet ultimately hopeful novel holds a mirror up to the world we live in today.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015039072668

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Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 1989 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Natural history
ISBN : OXFORD:555018246

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Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society Pdf

Author : Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Natural history
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069167579

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Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Horticulture
ISBN : OXFORD:555027677

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Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. ... by Anonim Pdf