{"product_id":"9781399724388","title":"Stone Yard Devotional","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Charlotte Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eNew South Wales | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2025 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Sceptre) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages, None \u003cbr\u003e128mm x 198mm x 23mm | 222g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024  The new novel by the bestselling author of The Weekend A Book of the Year for the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and ABC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The fact that Stone Yard Devotional not only stays aloft but soars would seem to deny the laws of literary physics' Ron Charles, Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life' Sunday Times'Exquisite, wrenching' New York Times'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have rarely been so absorbed by a novel' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'exquisite... a heartening and consoling force' Sigrid Nunez, The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It leaves the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged' Anne Enright\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurnt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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...?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340973588855,"sku":"9781399724388","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781399724388.jpg?v=1750432051","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781399724388","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}