{"product_id":"9781399724388-stone-yard-devotional","title":"Stone Yard Devotional","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 'exquisite, wrenching' novel [New York Times], shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new Booker-shortlisted novel by Charlotte Wood, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA  fearless exploration of forgiveness, grief and the complicated beauty of female friendship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ⭐ SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 ⭐\u003cbr\u003e'The fact that \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/i\u003e not only stays aloft but soars would seem to deny the laws of literary physics' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Charles, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exquisite, wrenching' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I have rarely been so absorbed by a novel' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It leaves the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐\u003cb\u003e A Book of the Year 2025 for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eand New York Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ⭐  \u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year 2024 for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, ABC and BookRiot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐ \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e⭐ \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for \u003ci\u003eThe Age \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e⭐ \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the ABIA Award for Literary Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e⭐ \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Miles Franklin Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125706211702,"sku":"9781399724388","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33028099.jpg?v=1738827509","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399724388-stone-yard-devotional","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}