M L Stedman A Far-flung Life Hardcover Book

THE INCREDIBLE, LONGAWAITED NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARDWINNING, MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANSA breathtaking historical family saga set against the vast Australian outback, A FARFLUNG LIFE is an epic novel of love and resilience, following a family bound by the secrets they shield in order to live. Utterly glorious. I have so much love for these characters. A truly brilliant novel FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The NamesStedman mixes big emotions with beautiful writing to intoxicating effect Good Housekeeping Book of the MonthA rich Australian epic that binds family tragedy to the landscape New York TimesOutback Western Australia, 1958.For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, its an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed. One ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered. Instead of leaving wounds to heal, Fate comes for them yet again, in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child. Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey for which there is no map, no guide, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness. A sweeping novel of family and belonging, of compassion... | M L Stedman A Far-flung Life Hardcover Book