Media Bites Catalogue Nov 22 - SOCIAL

NOVEMBER 2 022 – F ICT ION

Tiny Uncertain Miracles M I CH E L L E JOHNS TON

Ashes in the Snow OR I ANA R AMUNNO

Miracles are notoriously unreliable. But sometimes, just when they’re needed, they turn up – although not always in the form that we expect ... Awkward, hapless Marick is still struggling with the loss of his wife, his child and his faith when he is reluctantly thrust into the position of chaplain at a large public hospital. Shortly after arriving, he meets Hugo, a hospital scientist and a man almost as lost as Marick himself, who is working in a forgotten lab, deep in the subterranean realms of the hospital. Hugo is convinced that the bacteria he uses for protein production have – unbelievably – begun to produce gold. Is it alchemy,

A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943 A young Jewish prisoner … Auschwitz, 1943. It’s snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp, finds the body of an SS officer. A detective with everything to prove …

Hugo Fischer is sent to investigate the unexplained death of the renowned Nazi. But Hugo is hiding a secret – he is suffering from a degenerative disease. The only way for him to survive is to give his support to the Reich and hide his condition. A confrontation with pure evil … In Auschwitz, Hugo comes face to face not only with a complex murder, but with a truth – that of the Final Solution. And he is forced to decide what is most important to him – and who, if anyone, he should try to save … Released: 03/11/22 TPB | 336pp

evolution, a hoax or even ... possibly ... a miracle? In the meantime, Christmas is approaching, the number of homeless outside the hospital is increasing, the Director of Operational Services is pressing Marick about his weekly KPIs, you can’t buy chocolate in the hospital shop anymore, and Marick keeps waking with nightmares at 4 am. If ever a miracle was needed, it’s now. A tender, sweet, sad, gritty, slyly funny and unexpectedly uplifting novel about family, friendship, faith, love – and alchemy – Tiny Uncertain Miracles is a hopeful and luminous gift to all readers. Released: 03/11/22 NSH | 336pp AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Imprint: 4th Estate michellejohnston.com.au

AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HarperCollins

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