Andrea Goldsmith

You burn your bridges going into a foreign forest Dorothy Porter Three people form an unlikely but spirited connection. Adrian is a renowned scholar, an expert on death in the modern age whose life has stalled. Kezi, a young and passionate artist, has been rejected by her family. She hurtles through her days with defiance and regret. Laura is a...

Knowing what you want is hard, accepting what is possible is harder still... It is the mid-1980s. In Australia, stay-at-home wives jostle with want-it-all feminists, while AIDS threatens the sexual freedom of everyone. On the other side of the world, the Soviet bloc is in turmoil. Mikhail Gorbachev has been in power for a year when twenty-four-year-old book illustrator Galina...

The Memory Trap is the winner of the 2015 Melbourne Prize Best Writing Award. This novel delves into themes of memory, music, friendship, family rifts, and reconciliation, offering a beautiful and intelligent read. Nina Jameson, an international consultant on memorial projects based in London, has enjoyed a happy marriage to Daniel for twelve years. However, when her life unravels, she...