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Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (Paperback) ✓ In Stock

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winning author of The Natural Way of Things and The Weekend. A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she can't forget. Disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signaling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who left the community decades before to minister to deprived women in Thailand - then disappeared, presumed murdered. Finally, a troubling visitor to the monastery pulls the narrator further back into her past. With each of these disturbing arrivals, the woman faces some deep questions. Can a person be truly good? What is forgiveness? Is loss of hope a moral failure? And can the business of grief ever really be finished? A meditative and deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most acclaimed and best loved writers.

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Medea Sang Me a Corrido by Dahlia de la Cerda ✓ In Stock

Description A punk revival of Medea as a Mexican anti-angel of birth and death, from the International Booker Prize-nominated author of Reservoir Bitches. In Northern Mexico, Paulina, Perla, Antonia, Reina, and Jordan are striving to survive the barrio, hustling on the edge of a cartel-run economy, nursing the wounds made normal in a world that eats its own. Hovering over their trials is a spirit with gothic flair, dressed in black and crowned with braids: Medea, a mythic mother of the Chihuahuan desert, ancient as the Aztecs but never too old to be petty. From aiding a trophy girlfriend’s abortion, to accompanying a mother in her search for her lost child in the desert, to embracing those taken too soon in the narco’s brutal proxy wars, Medea fights for justice for her chosen mortals — her divine wrath the only power that could rival the corrupt, violent web spun by the cartel, the government, and the military. Dahlia de la Cerda’s magnetic prose draws readers right into the heart of that web and links all our fates to the missions of Medea, equal parts midwife and gravedigger, a femme fatale god in a femicidal world. Customers Also Liked Related products The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu Reviews

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The Boy from the Sea ✓ In Stock
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The Boy from the Sea

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Stories : Collected Stories ✓ In Stock
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Stories : Collected Stories

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Aisling And the city ✓ In Stock
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Aisling And the city

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Painted Ladies — New Island Books ✓ In Stock
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Painted Ladies — New Island Books

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The Last Resort HB ✓ In Stock
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The Last Resort HB

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Here One Moment ✓ In Stock
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Here One Moment

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What If It's Us ✓ In Stock
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What If It's Us

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Venus and the Rain ✓ In Stock
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Venus and the Rain

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Antarctica by Claire Keegan ✓ In Stock
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Antarctica by Claire Keegan

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It Could Have Been Her ✓ In Stock
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It Could Have Been Her

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Dinner Party ✓ In Stock
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Dinner Party

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That Old Country Music ✓ In Stock
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That Old Country Music

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