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Far-flung Life - M. L. StedmanováThe mesmeric new novel from the author of the award-winning global bestseller, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS____________'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'A big, bold story of resilience and hope. I was completely swept away' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'One of those rare books that fill the soul' DONAL RYAN, author of Heart…

Far-flung Life - M. L. StedmanováThe mesmeric new novel from the author of the award-winning global bestseller, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS____________'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'A big, bold story of resilience and hope. I was completely swept away' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'One of those rare books that fill the soul' DONAL RYAN, author of Heart be at Peace and The Spinning Heart'Utterly glorious. I have so much love for these characters - I felt their regrets, yet just as deeply, Stedman's compassion. A truly brilliant novel' FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names'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'Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper PalaceA world, a story, a cast of characters I truly lost myself in' JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things____________Outback 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.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. Then, 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 tale of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, A Far-flung Life is about people trying to do their best, each, for private reasons, seeking shelter from the storm of life. Exploring the lives of a handful of isolated souls and the secrets they shield in order to survive, this epic novel standsas a testament to the enduring power of love.*****Praise for The Light Between Oceans:'An extraordinary book...Unforgettable' Guardian'A moving tale . . . prepare to weep' New York Times'A moving tale. One of this year's must-reads' Stylist Magazine