The Shepherd's Hut
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'Outstanding . . . compulsively suspenseful . . . dazzlingly good' Sunday Times'Exhilarating, compelling . . . elegiac, transcendent' Guardian'Remarkable . . . astonishing . . . extraordinary' ScotsmanWhat does it take to keep hope alive in a brutal world?For years Jaxie Clackton has dreaded going home. His beloved mum is dead - and he wishes his dad was too, until one terrible moment leaves his life stripped to nothing. No one ever told Jaxie to be careful what he wishes for.And so Jaxie runs. There's just one person in the world who understands him, but to reach her he'll have to cross the saltlands of Western Australia. It is a place that harbours criminals and threatens to kill those who haven't reckoned with its hot, waterless vastness. This is a journey only a dreamer - or a fugitive - would attempt . . .'Wonderful. Brutal, agonizing, tender' Sarah Winman'Unforgettable . . . heartstopping' Mail on Sunday'Raw, brutal and merciless . . . Holden Caulfield, you have been eclipsed' Spectator'Transfixing' Philip Hensher von Winton, Tim
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Tim Winton has published over twenty books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). Active in the environmental movement, he is the Patron of the Australian Marine Conservation Society. He lives in Western Australia.
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