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The sound of horses' hooves turns hollow on the farms west of Wirri. If a man can still ride, if he hasn't totally lost the use of his legs, if he hasn't died to the part of his heart that understands such things, then he should go for a gallop. At the very least he should stand at the road by the river imagining that he's pushing a horse up the steep hill that leads to the house on the farm once known as One Tree. Set in hardscrabble farming country and around the country show high-jumping circuit that prevailed in rural New South Wales prior to the Second World War, Foal's Bread tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and their fortunes as dictated by the vicissitudes of the land. It is a love story of impossible beauty and sadness, a chronicle of dreams 'turned inside out', and miracles that never last, framed against a world both tender and unspeakably hard.
By: Gillian Mears
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 234mm, Spine: 155mm
Weight: 469g
ISBN:
9781742376295
ISBN 10: 1742376290
Pages: 376
Publication Date: November 2011
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Gillian Mears's books include Ride a Cock Horse, Fineflour (winner of a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book), The Mint Lawn (winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award), and The Grass Sister (winner of the regional Commonwealth Prize for Best Book). A Map of the Gardens won the 2003 Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award.
Northern NSW in the Depression is no place for soft dreamers. Noah is tough and independent with a talent for highjumping horses. She catches the eye, then the heart, of Rowley Nancarrow, the Australian champion highjumper. Their marriage is full of inarticulate love and ambition, but when Rowley survives his third lightning strike with permanent and accumulating loss of physical control, he and Noah face insurmountable difficulties. A powerful, remarkable, hauntingly beautiful novel, with pitch-perfect writing. My pick of the year. Lindy
- Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2012.
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