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White Heart

By Heather Rose
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Farley Willow and her brother Ambrose grow up on the remote shores of Tasmania with the solitude of beaches, the rise and fall of tides, and their remarkable grandfather, Papa Kempsey. But when Papa dies, everything changes. As an adult, Ambrose becomes a modern-day mountain man... Read More
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Heather Rose's radiant debut novel tells the story of Farley Willow and her brother Ambrose as one searches for peace while the other searches the wilds for an ancient animal.

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Farley Willow and her brother Ambrose grow up on the remote shores of Tasmania with the solitude of beaches, the rise and fall of tides, and their remarkable grandfather, Papa Kempsey. But when Papa dies, everything changes.

As an adult, Ambrose becomes a modern-day mountain man living alone in the wilds, determined to prove to himself that an ancient creature is still alive.

Farley juggles love, work, and single motherhood in the city but remains haunted by the past. Her journey takes her far from Australia into the powerful world of Native American ceremonies.

Exploring the fragile landscape of the human heart, White Heart is an unforgettable tribute to love, faith, family, beauty, and the search for wholeness.

'A haunting blend of spirituality, landscape, and grief - White Heart is an accomplished novel - an impressive debut.' The Sunday Times

'A delicious crispness and an unusual turn of phrase.' The Sun Herald

'Spirituality permeates Heather Rose's first novel, White Heart, as much as the past haunts it. This story is a complex of interwoven, sometimes chimeric themes ... A-class debut.' The Australian

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761472251

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 232g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Heather Rose is the Australian author of nine novels. Her most recent novel, Bruny, won the 2020 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year Award, Her seventh novel, The Museum of Modern Love, won the 2017 Stella Prize. It also won the 2017 Christina Stead Prize. It has been published internationally and translated into numerous languages. Both The Museum of Modern Love and The Butterfly Man were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. The Butterfly Man won the Davitt Award in 2006, and in 2007 The River Wife won the international Varuna Eleanor Dark Fellowship. The memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here was shortlisted for the nonfiction prize in the 2022 Indie Book Awards and the Tasmanian Premiers Prize in 2025. Heather lives in Tasmania.

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