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The Sun Walks Down

A Novel

by Fiona McFarlane ...

Short-Listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionNamed a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street JournalNamed a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Chicago Public Library“The Sun Walks Down is the book I’m always longing to find: brilliant, fresh, and compulsively readable. It is marvelous. I loved it start to finish.” —Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House</st... ... Read more

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Short-Listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionNamed a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street JournalNamed a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Chicago Public Library“The Sun Walks Down is the book I’m always longing to find: brilliant, fresh, and compulsively readable. It is marvelous. I loved it start to finish.” —Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House</st...
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Highway Thirteen

Stories

by Fiona McFarlane ...

WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZEWinner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction | Nominated for the DUBLIN Literary Award | S****hort-listed for the the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime FictionNamed a Best Fiction Book of the Year by Minnesota Star Tribune and Kirkus</... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZEWinner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction | Nominated for the DUBLIN Literary Award | S****hort-listed for the the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime FictionNamed a Best Fiction Book of the Year by Minnesota Star Tribune and Kirkus</...
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The Night Guest

A Novel

by Fiona McFarlane ...

A mesmerizing first novel about trust, dependence, and fear, from a major new writerRuth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. This woman—Frida—claims to be a care worker sent by the government. Ruth lets her in.Now that Frida ... Read more

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A mesmerizing first novel about trust, dependence, and fear, from a major new writerRuth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. This woman—Frida—claims to be a care worker sent by the government. Ruth lets her in.Now that Frida
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The High Places

Stories

by Fiona McFarlane ...

What a terrible thing at a time like this: to own a house, and the trees around it. Janet sat rigid in her seat. The plane lifted from the city and her house fell away, consumed by the other houses. Janet worried about her own particular garden and her emptied refrigerator and her lamps that had been timed to come on at six.So begins "Mycenae," a story in The High Places, Fiona McFarlane's first ... Read more

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What a terrible thing at a time like this: to own a house, and the trees around it. Janet sat rigid in her seat. The plane lifted from the city and her house fell away, consumed by the other houses. Janet worried about her own particular garden and her emptied refrigerator and her lamps that had been timed to come on at six.So begins "Mycenae," a story in The High Places, Fiona McFarlane's first
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The Sun Walks Down

A Novel

by Fiona McFarlane ...

Narrated by Emma Jones ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023"Such a large cast of characters would normally be difficult to keep straight in an audiobook without tedious backtracking, but McFarlane’s skill in evoking their distinct inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing them in manner and accent keep them perfectly distinct." —The Washington Post“The Sun Walks Down is the book I'm always longing ... Read more

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One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023"Such a large cast of characters would normally be difficult to keep straight in an audiobook without tedious backtracking, but McFarlane’s skill in evoking their distinct inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing them in manner and accent keep them perfectly distinct." —The Washington Post“The Sun Walks Down is the book I'm always longing
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Elizabeth Harrower

Critical Essays

by Nicholas Birns, New York University, Professor Robert Dixon, Megan Nash, Ivor Indyk, Michelle de Kretser, Dr Fiona McFarlane, Elizabeth Webby, Brigid Rooney, Julian Murphet, Kate Livett ...

Series series Sydney Studies in Australian Literature
Elizabeth Harrower: Critical Essays is the first sustained study of this acclaimed Australian author. It brings together two celebrated novelists and ten noted critics of Australian literature to consider the legacy and continuing importance of this major literary figure.The essays examine all of Harrower's published fiction, from her first short story to the long-delayed publication of In Certain ... Read more

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Elizabeth Harrower: Critical Essays is the first sustained study of this acclaimed Australian author. It brings together two celebrated novelists and ten noted critics of Australian literature to consider the legacy and continuing importance of this major literary figure.The essays examine all of Harrower's published fiction, from her first short story to the long-delayed publication of In Certain
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Night Guest, The

by Fiona McFarlane ...

Narrated by Lisbeth Kennelly ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. This woman—Frida—claims to be a care worker sent by the government. Ruth lets her in.Now that Frida is in the house, is Ruth right to fear the tiger she hears on the prowl at night, far ... Read more

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Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. This woman—Frida—claims to be a care worker sent by the government. Ruth lets her in.Now that Frida is in the house, is Ruth right to fear the tiger she hears on the prowl at night, far
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Highway Thirteen

Stories

by Fiona McFarlane ...

Narrated by Emma Jones ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

**"McFarlane’s skill in evoking individual inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing their spirit make every character distinct." —The Washington Post on The Sun Walks Down, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people.**In 1998, an apparently ... Read more

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**"McFarlane’s skill in evoking individual inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing their spirit make every character distinct." —The Washington Post on The Sun Walks Down, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people.**In 1998, an apparently
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The Eye of the Sheep

by Sofie Laguna ...

Narrated by Nikos Andronicos ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate life on his own, and make ... Read more

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Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate life on his own, and make
... Read more
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In Tongues

A Novel

by Thomas Grattan ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Time, Bloomberg, and Electric Literature. RuPaul and Eric Cervini's Allstora Book Club Pick for June."Thomas Grattan is a master of plot—that rare ability—which makes In Tongues a real roller coaster: funny, sad, shocking, and, finally, quite moving." —Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the Dance"An amiable, zippy novel that also smuggles in a sharp analysis of ... Read more

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Named a Most Anticipated Book by Time, Bloomberg, and Electric Literature. RuPaul and Eric Cervini's Allstora Book Club Pick for June."Thomas Grattan is a master of plot—that rare ability—which makes In Tongues a real roller coaster: funny, sad, shocking, and, finally, quite moving." —Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the Dance"An amiable, zippy novel that also smuggles in a sharp analysis of
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Bitter Greens

by Kate Forsyth ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

19 hours 26 min

From internationally bestselling author Kate Forsyth comes a historical novel that gorgeously interweaves the Rapunzel fairy tale with the true life story of French novelist Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la Force.Charlotte-Rose has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted by an old nun, Sister Seraphina, who ... Read more

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From internationally bestselling author Kate Forsyth comes a historical novel that gorgeously interweaves the Rapunzel fairy tale with the true life story of French novelist Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la Force.Charlotte-Rose has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted by an old nun, Sister Seraphina, who
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The Natural Way of Things

A Novel

by Charlotte Wood ...

Narrated by Alisa Piper ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

**“A rare kind of writer and a formidable one.” —The New York Times“Wood inserts the reader straight into the jaws of her story, never relenting until the devastating end. If you raced through I Who Have Never Known Men or The Handmaid’s Tale and are looking for something with the same bite, this book belongs on your TBR.” —Marie ClaireThe prescient feminist fable and international classic ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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**“A rare kind of writer and a formidable one.” —The New York Times“Wood inserts the reader straight into the jaws of her story, never relenting until the devastating end. If you raced through I Who Have Never Known Men or The Handmaid’s Tale and are looking for something with the same bite, this book belongs on your TBR.” —Marie ClaireThe prescient feminist fable and international classic
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