Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Nestled in the quiet Sydney suburb of Westgrove, the nursing home is populated by residents with colourful histories—each with their own secrets, triumphs and failings. But the calm is under threat: malignant forces stirred by difference and division challenge this sanctuary. As the characters reckon with the deep fault-lines of a country divided, this novel becomes about family and memory, community and race, and ultimately a love-letter to storytelling and how our stories shape who we are

Genre: Cosy Fantasy / Literary Fiction

Recommended age: Adults (18 +) due to its mature themes around race, trauma, ageing, immigration and community conflict.

Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia, after being born in London to Sri Lankan Tamil refugee parents. She worked for a decade in London in social-justice law before returning to Australia with her husband and four children. Her writing often explores displacement, belonging and identity.

This book is second-hand – like-new condition with no visible signs of use.