The Children: From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional

Description: The Children by Charlotte Wood From one of Australias finest writers, a novel that exposes the tenacious grip of childhood, the way siblings seem to grow apart but never do, and the price paid for bearing witness to the suffering of others. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description You bring your children up to escape sorrow. You spend your best years trying to stop them witnessing it on television, in you, in your neighbours faces. Then you realise, slowly, that there is no escape, that they must steer their own way through lifes cruelties. In The Children Charlotte Wood, one of Australian fictions rising stars, delivers a short, sharp shock of a novel that takes you into the heart of a family as normal, and as broken, as any other.When their father is critically injured, foreign correspondent Mandy and her siblings return home, bringing with them the remnants and patterns of childhood. Mandy has lived away from the country for many years. Her head is filled with images of terror and war, and her homecoming to the quiet country town - not to mention her family and marriage - only heightens her disconnection from ordinary life. Cathy, her younger sister, has stayed in regular contact with her parents, trying also to keep tabs on her brother Stephen who, for reasons nobody understands, has held himself apart from the family for years. In the intensive care unit the children sit, trapped between their bewildered mother and one another; between old wounds and forgiveness, struggling to connect with their emotions, their past and each other. But as they wait and watch over their father, theres someone else watching too: a young wardsman, Tony, whos been waiting for Mandy to come home. As he insinuates himself into the family, the pressure, and the threat, intensify and build to a climax of devastating force.This acutely observed novel exposes the tenacious grip of childhood, the way siblings seem to grow apart but never do, and explores the price paid for bearing witness to the suffering of others - whether far away or uncomfortably close to home. The Children marks Wood as one of our finest writers. Author Biography The Australian newspaper has described Charlotte Wood as one of our most original and provocative writers. She is the author of six novels and two books of non-fiction. Her bestselling novel, The Natural Way of Things, won the 2016 Stella Prize, the Indie Book of the Year and Indie Book Award for Fiction, was joint winner of the Prime Ministers Literary Award for Fiction, and was published throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. She has been twice shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, as well as many others for this and previous works. Her non-fiction books include The Writers Room, a collection of interviews with authors about the creative process, and Love & Hunger, a book about cooking. She lives in Sydney with her husband. Long Description You bring your children up to escape sorrow. You spend your best years trying to stop them witnessing it on television, in you, in your neighbours faces. Then you realise, slowly, that there is no escape, that they must steer their own way through lifes cruelties. In The Children Charlotte Wood, one of Australian fictions rising stars, delivers a short, sharp shock of a novel that takes you into the heart of a family as normal, and as broken, as any other. When their father is critically injured, foreign correspondent Mandy and her siblings return home, bringing with them the remnants and patterns of childhood. Mandy has lived away from the country for many years. Her head is filled with images of terror and war, and her homecoming to the quiet country town - not to mention her family and marriage - only heightens her disconnection from ordinary life. Cathy, her younger sister, has stayed in regular contact with her parents, trying also to keep tabs on her brother Stephen who, for reasons nobody understands, has held himself apart from the family for years. In the intensive care unit the children sit, trapped between their bewildered mother and one another; between old wounds and forgiveness, struggling to connect with their emotions, their past and each other. But as they wait and watch over their father, theres someone else watching too: a young wardsman, Tony, whos been waiting for Mandy to come home. As he insinuates himself into the family, the pressure, and the threat, intensify and build to a climax of devastating force. This acutely observed novel exposes the tenacious grip of childhood, the way siblings seem to grow apart but never do, and explores the price paid for bearing witness to the suffering of others - whether far away or uncomfortably close to home. The Children marks Wood as one of our finest writers. Details ISBN1741756049 Author Charlotte Wood Pages 336 Publisher Allen & Unwin Year 2008 ISBN-10 1741756049 ISBN-13 9781741756043 Format Paperback Imprint Allen & Unwin Place of Publication Sydney Country of Publication Australia DEWEY 823.3 Edition 1st Publication Date 2008-09-01 Language English Media Book AU Release Date 2008-09-01 Audience General NZ Release Date 2008-08-31 Subtitle From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:13441341;

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