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The Restorer
• Longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Michael Sala’s The Restorer is an explosive and powerful story one troubled family’s attempts to rebuild their broken lives
Longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Michael Sala's The Restorer is an explosive and powerful story one troubled family's attempts to rebuild their broken lives.
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Longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Michael Sala's The Restorer is an explosive and powerful story of one troubled family's attempts to rebuild their broken lives.
After a year apart, Maryanne returns to her husband, Roy, bringing their eight-year-old son Daniel and his teenage sister Freya with her. The family move from Sydney to Newcastle, where Roy has bought a derelict house on the coast. As Roy painstakingly patches the holes in the floorboards and plasters over cracks in the walls, Maryanne believes, for a while, that they can rebuild a life together.
But Freya doesn't want a fresh start—she just wants out—and Daniel drifts around the sprawling, run-down house in a dream, infuriating his father, who soon forgets the promises he has made.
Some cracks can never be smoothed over, and tension grows between Roy and Maryanne until their uneasy peace is ruptured—with devastating consequences.
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The Restorer by Michael Sala is lauded for its masterful tension-building and explosive climax, showcasing Sala's prowess in poetic and powerful fiction. Reviewers praise its sensitive portrayal of human relationships and personal history's influence. The novel's clear prose, vivid setting, and deeply human, complex characters make it an impactful and memorable read, praised for its atmospheric tension and unpredictable undercurrent.
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ISBN: 9781925603736
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 February 2019
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
Michael Sala was born in the Netherlands in 1975 to a Greek father and a Dutch mother, and first came to Australia in the 1980s. He lives in Newcastle. His critically acclaimed debut, The Last Thread, won the 2013 NSW Premier's Award for New Writing and was the regional winner (Pacific) of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize.
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