{"product_id":"a-far-flung-life-by-m-l-stedman-9781529965308","title":"A Far-flung Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe instant Sunday Times bestseller. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited, breath-taking new novel from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans. Prepare to be transported to the vast Australian outback, where a family is bound by the secrets that they must shield in order to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly glorious. I have so much love for these characters. A truly brilliant novel\" Florence Knapp, author of The Names\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stedman mixes big emotions with beautiful writing to intoxicating effect\" Good Housekeeping Book of the Month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutback Western Australia, 1958. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstead 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatt, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sweeping, heart-wrenching novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it\" Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A big, bold story of resilience and hope. I was completely swept away\" Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heart-wrenching and beautifully set. A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community, love and the lengths we will go to save them all\" Rachel Joyce, author of The Homemade God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life, and I love the very bones of it\" Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mesmerising and unforgettable, 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 All My Mothers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of those rare books that fill the soul\" Donal Ryan, author of Heart be at Peace and The Spinning Heart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A rich Australian epic that binds family tragedy to the landscape\" New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An Australian Gone with the Wind\" Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M L Stedman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57018339983733,"sku":"9781529965308","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781529965308.jpg?v=1775064234","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/a-far-flung-life-by-m-l-stedman-9781529965308","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}