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Nicole Abadie

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
355 total appearances

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The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

And, of course, then life imitated art in October when we had the great brouhaha this year about the government's decision to allow Racing NSW to advertise a $13 million horse race on the sails of the Opera House.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

Now, that was all happening just as Christina's book was released, which gave it

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

a particular timeliness.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

But leaving that to one side, what struck me about this book was the sheer beauty of the writing and the beauty of her conception of the opera house and this hymn or prayer to artistic endeavour.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

It's an absolutely beautiful book and I'll be giving it to quite a few people this year.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

I did.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

It was one of my favourite books of the year as well.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

And what really got me was the moral dilemma at the heart of it.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

If you knew that your husband was

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

was in jail for a crime that you knew he hadn't committed, but you knew that he would be in jail for 12 years, would you wait for him or would you start a relationship with someone else?

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

And I thought that the portrayal of each of the three characters and their perspectives was very strong.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

No, it dropped off the short list, which was a surprise, particularly given that this year Michael Ondaatje won that prize, the Golden Booker.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

for the booker of all bookers.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

There are two books that I'm really looking forward to reading next year.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

One is called Adele, and it's by the French-Moroccan writer Lely Slimani.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

I loved her book, which came out this year, Lullaby, published in the US as The Perfect Nanny, about the nanny that kills the two children.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

I gather this one's completely different, but I loved the writing in Lullaby, so I'm looking forward to that.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

The other one that I'm looking forward to speaking about science fiction is Ian McEwan's latest.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

It's called Machines Like Me.

The Bookshelf
Best reads of the year from Stuart Coupe, Nicole Abadee, Trent Jamieson and Cassie & Kate

It's coming out in April and it's about a couple who get involved in a love triangle with an artificial human that they have created.