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Win our Book Club in a Box for 
The Wolf Hour

A searing contemporary thriller about an Australian family in crisis against the backdrop of war-torn Africa.

Thirty-year-old Tessa Lowell has a PhD in psychology and is working in Uganda to research the effects of PTSD and war on child soldiers. She joins a delegation travelling across the Congolese border, deep into the African bush, for peace talks with Joseph Kony, notorious leader of the Lord's Resistance Army.  

At the camp Tessa meets thirteen-year-old Francis, already an experienced soldier and survivor of shocking violence. The talks stall, and the camp is attacked by other rebels who take Tessa. Isolated in an increasingly volatile situation, she tries to form a bond with Francis. 

In Melbourne, Tessa's parents are notified of the kidnapping, but learn there is little that government agencies can do. Desperate, they contact their son Stephen, an astute if manipulative businessman based in Cape Town. He agrees to search for his sister but has other reasons to contact the rebel forces.

As Tessa's time runs out, her family begins to fracture. Her parents arrive in Uganda to hear awful news about what she has endured. They also learn the devastating truth about the kind of man their son has become. Only they have the power to stop a terrible injustice. But at what cost to their family?

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Bookclub contents

In our Book Club in a Box you'll find:

  • 10 copies of The Wolf Hour
  • A bottle of red and a bottle of white wine
  • Crisps (we’ll make sure they’re nice ones)
  • Conversation starters (questions and information) about The Wolf Hour
  • How to start a book club sheet (would-be book club organisers look no further!) 
  • A classic recipe and a delicious cocktail recipe to go with it

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Past Winners

Congratulations to our past Book Club in a Box winners:

  • Scrublands by Chris Hammer - The 2nd Favourite Book Club
  • We See the Stars by Kate Van Hooft - The Page Turners Book Group 
  • Bluebottle by Belinda Castles - The Wild Readers: Adelaide
  • Eleanor's Secret by Caroline Beecham - BFG: Books, Food, Glasses
  • Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon - Mums Who Read
  • The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht - Lorraine’s Ladies 
  • Sign by Colin Dray - The Book Chat Lunch Club
  • Into The World by Stephanie Parkyn – Feminist Fantasy Bookclub
  • The Last Hours by Minette Walters – the Working and Weary Bookclub
  • The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser – Word Salad - The Big Book Club
  • The Choke by Sofie Laguna – Non-Arduous Book Club
  • The Way Back by Kylie Ladd – Perth WA Writerly Bookclub
  • Forgotten by Nicole Trope – The View St Readers
  • See You In September by Charity Norman – Book Clubbers Sutherland Shire
  • The Midsummer Garden by Kirsty Manning – Black Jo's Bodacious Book Group