Stone Yard Devotional

· W. F. Howes Limited · 讲述者:Ailsa Piper
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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.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA AWARD FOR LITERARY FICTION

LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD

BOOK OF THE YEAR, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

BOOK OF THE YEAR, ABC

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 signalling 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.

'Extraordinary . . . a stunning work of fiction from a major writer who keeps getting better' THE AUSTRALIAN

'Remarkable . . . I'm still trying to figure out how she pulled it off. The best thing she's done' TIM WINTON, author of The Shepherd's Hut

'I have rarely been so absorbed by a novel . . . A powerful, generous book' GUARDIAN

'It extends and deepens Wood's already remarkable achievements as a novelist in powerful and often profound ways' THE SATURDAY PAPER

'A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life' SUNDAY TIMES

'A book about what it means to be good: simply and with great humility, it asks the big questions, leaving the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged' ANNE ENRIGHT, author of The Wren, The Wren

'Beautiful, strange and otherworldly' PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of A Slow Fire Burning

'Both profound and addictively entertaining. I loved it' CLARE CHAMBERS, bestselling author of Small Pleasures

'No words can quite convey how much I loved this book' KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of Booth

'Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth Strout.' THE GUARDIAN UK

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