Summary
WINNER, Indie Book Award for Fiction SHORTLISTED, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards SHORTLISTED, Australian Book Industry Awards SHORTLISTED, ALS Gold Medal
“It is quite a feat to write characters with such nuance…in harnessing her storytelling facility to expose the flaws in the system with what is becoming trademark empathy, Laguna is an author proving the novel is a crucial document of the times.” - Louise Swinn,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760529949 |
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| ISBN-10: | 176052994X |
| Author: | Sofie Laguna |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 198mm x 131mm |
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About The Author
Sofie Laguna
Sofie Laguna won the 2018 Indie Book Award for Fiction for The Choke and her second novel for adults, The Eye of the Sheep - shortlisted for the Stella Prize - won the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award and was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her first novel for adults, One Foot Wrong, published throughout Europe, the US and the UK, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Sofie’s many books for young people have been published in the US, the UK and in translation throughout Europe and Asia. She has been shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Award, and her books have been named Honour Books and Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Sofie lives in Melbourne with her husband, illustrator Marc McBride, and their two sons.
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