Anne Coombs

Beloved author Anne Coombs' final novel – a gentle satire with a rapier edge that captures the joys and hypocrisies of a mid-nineties version of the Australian bourgeoisie. Raymond causes a stir in the country town of Glaston when he buys Glastonbridge, a house of vast, neo-Gothic fantasy that has been abandoned for decades. It's an ambitious project, and all...

A beautiful meditation on the awe-inspiring responsibility we hold with other living creatures—from their containment and loss of freedom to our intense and mysteriously mutual love. How do animals guard, serve, and care for us? And how and why do we love them so much? Anne Coombs spent her entire life working to understand the profound answers that come from...