A Far-flung Life

The mesmeric new novel from the author of the award-winning global bestseller, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS Western Australia, 1958. A truck rumbles along a lonely outback road. A moment''s inattention, and in a few muddled seconds the lives of the MacBride family are shattered. Instead of leaving them to heal, fate comes back for them 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. Set in the expanse of a vast and flat landscape, where the weather is a capricious god and a million-acre sheep station is barely a dot on the map, A Far-flung Life explores the hearts of a handful of isolated souls and the secrets they shield in order to survive. Capturing a family, a community, A FAR-FLUNG LIFE tells of the many ways humans can do each other wrong and how we move on when things can''t be put right. With shimmering prose and a delicious wit, the mysteries of being human are laid bare in this hopeful meditation on time and resilience and the lengths we go to to protect what we love. ***** Praise for The Light Between Oceans : ''An extraordinary book... Unforgettable'' Guardian ''A moving tale . . . prepare to weep'' New York Times ''A moving tale. One of this year''s must-reads '' Stylist Magazine

About the author

M L Stedman

Product details

• Authors: M L Stedman
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.03.2026
• EAN: 9781529965308
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-6530-8
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Australia, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / Australia, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary