Ben's Book Club is powered by the Libby app and is hosted by best-selling author Ben Hobson. Queanbeyan-Palerang Library members can now borrow the book chosen for Ben's Book Club each month with no waiting or holds from the Libby app, before meeting online with the author to discuss the book.

Live Author Chat
Meet Robert Lukin via Zoom on Tuesday 28 June at 7.00pm to discuss his novel Loveland.
Book your free ticket here.

About the Book 
Two women stand in the shallows, a man dead at their feet, while around them buildings burn. Amid the ruins of a fire-ravaged amusement park and destroyed waterfront dwellings, one boarded-up building still stands. May has come from Australia to Loveland, Nebraska, to claim the house on the poisoned lake as part of her grandmother's will. Escaping the control of her husband, will she find refuge or danger?

As she starts repairing the old house, May is drawn to discover more about her silent, emotionally distant grandmother and unravel the secrets that Casey had moved halfway around the world to keep hidden. How she and Casey's lives interconnect, and the price they both must pay for their courage, is gradually revealed as this mesmerising and lyrical novel unfolds.
 

About Ben Hobson
Ben Hobson lives in Brisbane with his wife and their two small boys. He currently teaches English and Music at a Brisbane High School. In 2014 his novella, If the Saddle Breaks My Spine, was shortlisted for the Viva La Novella prize, run by Seizureonline. To Become a Whale, his first novel, published in 2017 was longlisted for the ABIA Debut Fiction award, and the Courier Mail’s People Choice Award. His second novel, Snake Island, was released in 2019.

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