Emily O'Grady

Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Three women. Three secrets. One weekend. Alison is an actress who no longer acts, Patrick a musician past his prime. The eccentric couple live an isolated, debauched existence in an old manor house in Scotland, a few miles outside their village. That is, until Patrick's teenage daughter, Neve, flees Australia to spend a year...

Winner of the 2018 The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 'A dark, unsettling debut with chilling momentum...' SMH Even before I knew anything about Granddad Les, Wally and me sometimes dared each other to see how close to the knackery we could get. It was way out in the bottom paddock, and Dad had banned us from going further than the dam....