A Far-flung Life

byM L Stedman

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THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

**One family, a million arid acres, the greatest story ever told**


I have so much love for these characters. Truly brilliant’ FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names

'Heart-wrenching' RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Homemade God

'Masterful' GUARDIAN

'I was completely swept away' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry

'Mixes big emotions to intoxicating effect' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Book of the Month

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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.

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.

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.

A sweeping, heart-wrenching, irresistibly witty novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love.
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'A world, a story, a cast of characters i lost myself in' JENNIE GODREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things

'Masterful. A remarkable, poignant tale' GUARDIAN

'Intoxicating' Good Housekeeping Book of the Month

‘Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life' JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

'Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it’ MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace

‘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

'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

About M L Stedman

M L Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. Her first novel, The Light Between Oceans, was a Sunday Times, New York Times and international bestseller and won the Goodreads Choice Best Historical Novel Award and the HWA Goldsboro Crown Debut. It was also longlisted for the Women’s Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin literary award and shortlisted as an Amazon Rising Star. In Australia, it won the Indie Best Debut and the Indie Best Book awards and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Literary Society Gold Medal. The Light Between Oceans has been published in around forty-five languages and has sold nearly five million copies worldwide. It was made into a Dreamworks film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, produced by Heyday Films. A Far-flung Life is M L Stedman’s second novel, to be published worldwide.
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  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • ISBN: 9781529965308
  • Length: 448 pages
  • Dimensions: 242mm x 41mm x 165mm
  • Weight: 674g
  • Price: £20.00
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