{"product_id":"stone-yard-devotional-by-charlotte-wood-1","title":"Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e Order now and it will be shipped in our normal shipping cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA AWARD FOR LITERARY FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR, ABC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLA TIMES TOP 15 BEST BOOKS OF 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nBurnt 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 Monaro plains. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nBut disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nA meditative and deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most acclaimed and best-loved writers. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary . . . a stunning work of fiction from a major writer who keeps getting better.' THE AUSTRALIAN \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Remarkable . . . I'm still trying to figure out how she pulled it off. The best thing she's done.' TIM WINTON, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd's Hut\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'I have rarely been so absorbed by a novel . . . A powerful, generous book.' THE GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'It extends and deepens Wood's already remarkable achievements as a novelist in powerful and often profound ways.' THE SATURDAY PAPER\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life.' THE SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'A book about what it means to be good: simply and with great humility, it asks the big questions, leaving the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged.' ANNE ENRIGHT, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Beautiful, strange and otherworldly.' PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Slow Fire Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Both profound and addictively entertaining. I loved it.' CLARE CHAMBERS, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'No words can quite convey how much I loved this book.' KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of\u003ci\u003e Booth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth Strout.' THE GUARDIAN UK \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Extraordinary . . . \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional \u003c\/i\u003enot only stays aloft but soars.' Ron Charles, THE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WellRead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57638143328328,"sku":"9781761473357","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0248\/7104\/3156\/files\/wellread-product-stone-yard.jpg?v=1794569616","url":"https:\/\/www.wellread.com.au\/products\/stone-yard-devotional-by-charlotte-wood-1","provider":"WellRead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}