A Far flung Life

<p><b>THE INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br><br>**One family, a million arid acres, the greatest story ever told**<br><br><br>' I have so much love for these characters. Truly brilliant</b> FLORENCE KNAPP, author of <i>The Names<br><br><b>'</b></i><b>Heart-wrenching'</b> RACHEL JOYCE, author of <i>The Homemade God</i><br><br><b>'Masterful' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b>'Mixes big emotions to intoxicating effect'</b><i> GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</i>, Book of the Month<br><br><b>'I was completely swept away'</b> BONNIE GARMUS, author of <i>Lessons in Chemistry</i> <br><i>___</i><br><b>Outback Western Australia, 1958. </b>For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it s an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed.<br><br>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.<br><br>As Lorna, their mother, fights her loss to take charge of the farmstead, while Rose her only daughter runs wild, Fate comes for them yet again.<br><br>Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.<br><br><b>A sweeping, heart-wrenching, irresistibly witty novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope,</b><b> and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love.</b><br>___<br><br><b>'Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it </b> MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of <i>The Paper Palace</i><br><br><b> Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life</b>, and I love the very bones of it JOANNA CANNON, author of <i>The Trouble with Goats and Sheep</i><br><br><b> Mesmerising and unforgettable</b>, this sweeping novel aches with life s impossible choices, thrums with love and pain, and imprints itself on your heart. I loved it. JOANNA GLEN, author of <i>All My Mothers</i><br><br>'<b>One of those rare books that fill the soul' </b>DONAL RYAN, author of <i>Heart be at Peace</i> and <i>The Spinning Heart</i><br><br><b>'A rich Australian epic that binds family tragedy to the landscape'</b> <i>New York Times<br><br><b>'</b></i><b>An Australian <i>Gone with the Wind</i>'</b> <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i></p>