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THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
By the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans

A breathtaking epic novel with an unforgettable cast, about resilience, family secrets and the enduring power of love.
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‘Epic’ New York Times
‘Utterly absorbing’ Irish Times
Masterful’ Guardian
‘Gripping’ Daily Express
‘Intoxicating’ Good Housekeeping
‘Completely sweeps you away’ BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry
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Love is the only thing we should never forget

The outback, 1958. On an ordinary day, on a lonely road, beneath an unending blue sky, husband and father Phil MacBride swerves too late. In seconds, his family’s lives are shattered.

Lorna, his wife, will bear what comes next with unflinching maternal love. Because some things are better left unknown.

Matt, her youngest son, will carry the consequences of that day into adulthood, bound by loyalty, love and secrets that must be kept safe.

Bonnie, a stranger who arrives years later, could offer Matt the chance of a better future. But would happiness come at the cost of an innocent life?

A Far-flung Life is a sweeping, deeply moving novel about family, community, and the quiet heroism of those who guard our secrets.
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READERS ADORE A FAR-FLUNG LIFE:

*****It not only has fantastic characters, but the land is brought vividly to life… Engrossing
*****At times I laughed out loud, at times I cried. Unforgettable
*****This didn’t feel so much like reading a book as it did watching a family, up close and personal
*****Not enough stars for this one. Go read it
*****My book of the year – I will be surprised if another tops it.
*****As heartbreaking as it is heart warming

‘Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it’ MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace
‘I have so much love for these characters’ FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names
‘A gorgeous feast of a novel’ RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Homemade God
‘My read of the year so far’ DAILY MAIL
‘Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life’ JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

Publisher Review

Utterly glorious. I have so much love for these characters - I felt their regrets, yet just as deeply, Stedman's compassion. A truly brilliant novel. * FLORENCE KNAPP, author of THE NAMES * Heart-wrenching and beautifully set. A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community, love and the lengths we will go to save them all. * RACHEL JOYCE, author of THE HOMEMADE GOD * A big, bold story of resilience and hope. I was completely swept away. * BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY * A world, a story, and a cast of characters I truly lost myself in. So much so I slowed down my reading of it, as I never wanted it to end. A Far-flung Life is a rare jewel of a novel and one I will never forget * JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS * Truly a masterpiece. I loved the very bones of it * JOANNA CANNON * Epic, intimate and aching. A novel that carries its secrets in hidden places, burying its wounds in the vast, empty landscape of Western Australia and in the broken hearts of its characters. I loved it. * MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of THE PAPER PALACE * Mesmerising and unforgettable, this sweeping novel aches with life's impossible choices, thrums with love and pain, and imprints itself on your heart. I loved it. * JOANNA GLEN, author of ALL MY MOTHERS * One of those books that fill the soul. I couldn't put it down. What an incredible story, as vast and starkly beautiful as the unforgiving terrain of its setting, and filled with light and love.' * DONAL RYAN, author of HEART, BE AT PEACE * Like the heartrending The Light Between Oceans, the MacBrides' story interrogates ideas of right and wrong in specific and complicated cases, and the experience of humans writ small against a vast landscape... Heartbreaking and painfully beautiful, A Far-flung Life will haunt and comfort long past its final page. * SHELF AWARENESS * This highly anticipated new novel from the author of The Light Between Oceans promises to be just as epic * PRIMA *