Bereft
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Bereft
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Narrated by:
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Dan Wyllie
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Written by:
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Chris Womersley
About this listen
It is 1919. The Great War has ended, but the Spanish flu epidemic is raging across Australia. Schools are closed, state borders are guarded by armed men, and train travel is severely restricted. There are rumours it is the end of the world.
In the NSW town of Flint, Quinn Walker returns to the home he fled ten years earlier when he was accused of an unspeakable crime. Aware that his father and uncle would surely hang him, Quinn hides in the hills surrounding Flint. There, he meets the orphan Sadie Fox – a mysterious young girl who seems to know more about the crime than she should.
A searing gothic novel of love, longing and justice, Bereft is about the suffering endured by those who go to war and those who are forever left behind.
2011, Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Winner
2011, Miles Franklin Literary Award, Short-listed
2011, The Age Book of the Year Award Fiction, Short-listed
©2010 Chris Womersley (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing