Cloudstreet

<p><b>Winner of the Miles Franklin Award</b><br><b>&lsquo;Magnificent&rsquo; </b>&ndash; <b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br><b>&lsquo;Winton is just one of the best&rsquo; </b>&ndash; <b><i> Independent<br><br>Cloudstreet </i>is Tim Winton's epic family drama, a story of love and turmoil spanning decades.</b><br><br>No. 1 Cloudstreet: a broken-down house on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories, with shudders and shadows and spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families &ndash; the Pickles and the Lambs &ndash; flee to the city and find themselves thrown together, forced to start their lives afresh. As they roister and rankle, the place that began as a roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts.<br><br><i>Cloudstreet</i> is Tim Winton&rsquo;s great family drama, a twenty-year story of life and love, full of boisterous energy, joy and heartbreak. His vivid portrayal of the of the Australian landscape is nowhere more extraordinary than in this classic.<br><br><b>&lsquo;Winton is a one-man band of genius&rsquo; </b>&ndash; <b><i>The Los Angeles Times</i><br><br>One of the many extraordinary books featured in the Picador Collection.</b></p>