Stone Yard Devotional
a heartening and consoling force' Sigrid Nunez, The New Yorker 'It leaves the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged' Anne Enright Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. But disquiet soon interrupts this secluded life. First, the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before are returned to the monastery, resurfacing years of grief and pain. And then, an unexpected and troubling visitor plunges the narrator further into her past... ⭐ 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 Award