Robert Menzies: 8 books

This is a story about a shameful part of Australia's history as seen through the diary of a fictional teenage girl called Rainbird.Rainbird, in her simple but evocative style, tells how her father, who died under mysterious circumstances, had been a secret volunteer in a highly confidential undertaking...

This is a book of stories and poems about people.The author has put together forty years of observations of children, adolescents and adults in situations of love, hate, obsession, conflict, harmony and disharmony - observations that have coloured his life and the lives of those around him.'His...

Arthur is a worn-out war veteran who sits on his veranda smoking, coughing his heart out and spitting at the world as he watches it drag by.He watches as a gang of itinerants steal goods from his mate Phil's General Store across the road.When Arthur informs Phil of the thefts the shopkeeper employs...

Danny Byrne is a twenty-nine-year-old penniless loser without a decent job, a career or a future.Seemingly by chance Danny meets the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, who is also rich into the bargain. And what's more, she wants to spend the evening with Danny.She then invites him to attend...

Dr Jarod Ulrich, Headmaster of Sydney Boys' Christian College, has been harbouring a terrible secret for twenty-eight years. He has been living with the guilt and shame for all of his adult life.A strange beautiful woman visits him and drops a bombshell, informing him that she is aware of his...

As payback for a neglected and unhappy childhood, fifteen-year-old Helen plans the ultimate humiliation on her 'respectable' middle-class parents by giving birth to an illegitimate baby. After adopting the baby out Helen flees the sterile atmosphere of the family home and embarks on a journey...

It is the 1960s and the world is changing rapidly - socially, morally and politically.Two brothers, raised on a dairy farm by their hard-working and loving parents become confused and disillusioned by the sudden departure of their father.As the small family's circumstances gradually decline,...

Normie, a Vietnam veteran, is now an itinerant drunk who makes his home in a hidden cave. When exploring his new home he discovers a labyrinth of caves and makes a grizzly discovery of human remains.As he explores deeper into the caves he makes another startling discovery: a hidden world inside the...