Far From Home

From the author of the multi-award winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories.

A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother's memory degrades. An encounter at a house party changes the course of a life.

In Far From Home, beloved Australian author Georgia Blain returns to her resonant themes of relationships and family, illness and health, love and death. Composed in Blain's final years, these nine stories grapple with large questions on a human scale, brimming with her trademark acuity, nuance, and warmth.

About the author

Georgia Blain published novels for adults and young adults, essays, short stories, and a memoir. Her first novel was the bestselling Closed for Winter, which was made into a feature film. Her books have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the NSW, Victorian, and SA Premiers’ Literary Awards, the ALS Gold Medal, the Stella Prize, and the Nita B. Kibble Award for her memoir Births Deaths Marriages. Georgia’s works include The Secret Lives of Men, Too Close to Home, and the YA novel Darkwater. In 2016, Georgia published Between a Wolf and a Dog and the YA novel Special (Penguin Random House Australia). Between a Wolf and a Dog was shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize, and was awarded the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction and the 2016 University of Queensland Fiction Book Award. Georgia passed away in December 2016.

Product details

• Authors: Georgia Blain
• Assisted by: Charlotte Wood (Foreword)
• Publisher: Scribe
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2024
• EAN: 9781957363776
• ISBN: 978-1-957363-77-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Australia, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / Australia, Narrative theme: Health and illness