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The Desert Knows Her Name
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Listen deeply now, if you remember how and why. On a hot October afternoon, a girl walks barefoot out of the Wimmera desert, near the small town of Gatyekarr. She finds sanctuary with Beth, a regenerative farmer and collector of seeds, devoted to bringing her family's...
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The Desert Knows Her Name
In this stunning, lyrical novel of nature and history, a girl walks out of the desert and shakes a community to its core.
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Listen deeply now, if you remember how and why.
On a hot October afternoon, a girl walks barefoot out of the Wimmera desert, near the small town of Gatyekarr. She finds sanctuary with Beth, a regenerative farmer and collector of seeds, devoted to bringing her family's farm back to life.
The arrival of the mysterious 'desert girl' unsettles the community and old tensions erupt. The longer the girl stays silent, the more volatile the town becomes. Who is she and what does her presence mean?
The Desert Knows Her Name is an exquisite novel that speaks to a deep longing for connection with the land, and the silences that persist in contemporary Australia.
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ISBN: 9781922992949
Publisher: Affirm Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 May 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Affirm Press
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 336
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About the Author
Lia Hills is a poet, novelist, curator and translator. Her debut novel, The Beginner's Guide to Living, was released to critical acclaim and shortlisted for the Victorian, Queensland, and Western Australian premiers' literary awards and the New Zealand Post Book Awards. It has been translated into several languages. Her second novel, The Crying Place, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and was the Australian Independent Bookseller Book of the Month. Other works include her award-winning poetry collection, the possibility of flight, and her translation of Marie Darrieussecq's acclaimed novel, Tom is Dead. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, Lia lives and works on Wurundjeri Country.
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