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 to protect what we love. ***** Praise for The Light Between Oceans : ''An extraordinary book... Unforgettable'' Guardian ''A moving tale . . . prepare to weep'' New York Times ''A moving tale. One of this year''s must-reads '' Stylist Magazine

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M L Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. Her first novel, The Light Between Oceans, was a Sunday Times, New York Times and international bestseller and won the Goodreads Choice Best Historical Novel Award and the HWA Goldsboro Crown Debut. It was also longlisted for the Women's Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin literary award and shortlisted as an Amazon Rising Star. In Australia, it won the Indie Best Debut and the Indie Best Book awards and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Literary Society Gold Medal. The Light Between Oceans has been published in around forty-five languages and has sold nearly five million copies worldwide. It was made into a Dreamworks film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, produced by Heyday Films. A Far-flung Life is M L Stedman's second novel, to be published worldwide.

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One family, three generations, a legacy that won't stay buried
_______****'A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community and love' RACHEL JOYCE

' I have so much love for these characters. Truly brilliant' FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names

'Masterful' GUARDIAN

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

Outback Western Australia, 1958. For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it's an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed.

One ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered.

As Lorna, their mother, fights her loss to take charge of the farmstead, while Rose her only daughter runs wild, Fate comes for them yet again.

Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.

A sweeping, heart-wrenching, irresistibly witty novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love.

READERS ADORE A FAR-FLUNG LIFE:

It not only has fantastic characters, but the land is brought vividly to life... I was completely engrossed
*******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

'I was completely swept away'** BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry...

'Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace

'My read of the year so far' DAILY MAIL

'Uplifting, moving, utterly absorbing' IRISH TIMES

'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

**'**This sweeping novel aches with life's impossible choices, thrums with love and pain, and imprints itself on your heart.' JOANNA GLEN, author of All My Mothers

'One of those rare books that fill the soul' DONAL RYAN, author of Heart be at Peace and The Spinning Heart

'A rich Australian epic that binds family tragedy to the landscape' *New York Times

**'***An Australian Gone with the Wind' Sydney Morning Herald