A Far-Flung Life

A TIMELESS CLASSIC THAT WILL NOT LET YOU GO ______

Set against the rugged beauty of Western Australia, A FAR-FLUNG LIFE is the mesmerising drama that captures the hearts and resilience of a family shattered by fate and the secrets they shield in order to live.

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'Heart-wrenching and beautifully set. A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community, love and the lengths we will go to save them all' RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Homemade God

'A big, bold story of resilience and hope. I was completely swept away' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry

'Utterly glorious. I have so much love for these characters. A truly brilliant novel' FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names

'A world, a story, a cast of characters I truly lost myself in' JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things

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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.

Then, instead of leaving wounds to heal, Fate comes for them yet again, 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.

Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey for which there is no map, no guide, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.

A tale of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, A Far-flung Life is about people trying to do their best, each, for private reasons, seeking shelter from the storm of life.

This epic novel stands as a testament to the enduring power of love.

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'Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life, and I love the very bones of it' JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

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

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

Ideal for readers who…

• love sweeping family sagas set against vast, vividly rendered landscapes
• enjoy emotionally rich dramas about loyalty, belonging, and the secrets families keep
• are drawn to stories of resilience after sudden tragedy—and the long aftermath of choice
• like epic, character-led novels that balance intimacy with big, cinematic stakes
• want books that linger: tender, heartbreaking, hopeful, and impossible to put down