A far-flung life a novel [LP]

Remote Western Australia, 1958: here, for generations, the MacBrides have lived on a vast sheep station, Meredith Downs. It is a million acres, an ocean of arid land. On an ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds th...

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Main Author: Stedman, M. L. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2026.
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Summary:Remote Western Australia, 1958: here, for generations, the MacBrides have lived on a vast sheep station, Meredith Downs. It is a million acres, an ocean of arid land. On an 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. And then, tragedy revisits when a twist of consequences claims the life of one sibling, and leads another to give up everything 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. The secrets at the heart of this gutting and beautiful story force him to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.
Physical Description:667 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781420534009
1420534009
Author Notes:Originally from Western Australia, M L Stedman has lived in London for many years, where she worked as a lawyer. She first decided to try creative writing in 1997. In the years that followed she did a few writing courses, and some of her short stories were published in anthologies.

The Light Between Oceans is M L Stedman's debut novel, draws inspiration from the landscape of her native Western Australia.

(Bowker Author Biography)