M. L StedmanFar-Flung Life (Trade Paperback)

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The mesmeric new novel from the author of the award-winning global bestseller, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS

Western Australia, 1958. A truck rumbles along a lonely outback road. A moment's inattention, and in a few muddled seconds, the lives of the MacBride family are shattered.

Instead of leaving them to heal, fate comes back for them in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child.

Set in the expanse of a vast and flat landscape, where the weather is a capricious god and a million-acre sheep station is barely a dot on the map, A Far-flung Life explores the hearts of a handful of isolated souls and the secrets they shield in order to survive.

Capturing a family, a community, A FAR-FLUNG LIFE tells of the many ways humans can do each other wrong and how we move on when things can't be put right. With shimmering prose and a delicious wit, the mysteries of being human are laid bare in this hopeful meditation on time and resilience and the lengths we go to protect what we love.

Product Specifications

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Doubleday
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 5 March 2026
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 548 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.5 x 3.5 x 23.5 cm