Jessie Tu
Jessie Tu is the author of the novel A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing. She is a journalist at Women's Agenda and a book critic for the SMH and The Age.
I had a miscarriage, but I couldn’t find the words to tell my mother
My mother’s dominant and exclusive language is Mandarin, a language for which I possess the vocabulary of a 10-year-old native speaker.
- by Jessie Tu
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The briefest encounter that can sustain a life from a distance
Reading Muriel Barbery’s latest novel is like taking one deep inhalation.
- by Jessie Tu
Like DNA, this novel unfolds as two strands, winding around each other
In Courtney Collins’ Bird, the main character wakes up in hospital, unsure of where she comes from or who she is.
- by Jessie Tu
The nanny and the billionaire – steamy, and that’s not the ironing
Lauren Asher follows two wounded souls who make beautiful music – together.
- by Jessie Tu
Why do women fall for violent men in jail? This novel has an idea
Tasha Coryell’s main character is a young woman who writes increasingly intimate letters to a man facing charges of murdering several women.
- by Jessie Tu
This First Nations futurist novel features seamless world building
Ambelin Kwaymullina’s new novel blends fantasy, sci-fi, thriller and First Nations folklore to bring readers into a world of corruption and deceit.
- by Jessie Tu
Like Jane Austen with Asian people: Kevin Kwan’s new novel
The author of Crazy Rich Asians returns with another outrageous comedy of manners, family and money. So much money.
- by Jessie Tu
The singular adult fantasy that is a Marian Keyes novel
The Irish writer brings one of the Walsh sisters back to Ireland after heartbreak in New York.
- by Jessie Tu
Dramatic novel asks pertinent questions about mental health treatment
Anne Buist’s experience as a perinatal psychiatrist informs the novel she has written with Graeme Simsion.
- by Jessie Tu
A sublime novel of female bravery and friendship in the heat of war
Kristin Hannah’s latest novel tells the story of a young woman who signs up to go to Vietnam.
- by Jessie Tu
A postcard of love from Imbi Neeme’s two heart-warming characters
At the heart of this novel is the mystery of who sent a series of amorous postcards and to whom.
- by Jessie Tu
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