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 generation, M L Stedman 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.
*****
| ISBN: | 9781529965308 |
| Publication date: | 26th February 2026 |
| Author: | M. L. Stedman |
| Publisher: | Doubleday an imprint of Transworld |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 436 pages |
| Primary Genre | Family Drama |
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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 generation, M L Stedman 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.
*****
A Far-Flung Life features in the following genres: Family Drama, Historical Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues
A Far-Flung Life is available in Hardback
A Far-Flung Life was written by M. L. Stedman and published by Doubleday an imprint of Transworld
A Far-Flung Life has 436 pages
£18.00
