{"product_id":"far-flung-life-book-m-l-stedman-9781529965308","title":"A Far-flung Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PHENOMENAL \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eBy the multi-million-copy bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light Between Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This beautifully-drawn novel reads like a Greek Tragedy set in the Outback, with protagonists of high moral character befallen by misfortune. And you’ll root for the gods\/Stedman to give them the grace they deserve'\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon Editor's Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e______\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gorgeous feast of a novel about family\u003c\/b\u003e, community and love' RACHEL JOYCE, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Homemade God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e' I have so much love for these characters\u003c\/b\u003e. Truly brilliant’ FLORENCE KNAPP, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Names\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutback Western Australia, 1958. \u003c\/b\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. 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