Closing Down

Sally Abbott

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Hachette Australia
26 April 2017

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

Conjuring a dark future for Australia, Closing Down gives us a glimpse into a world fractured by a financial crisis and the effects of global climate change. The inaugural winner of The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.

No matter how strange, difficult and absurd the world becomes, some things never change. The importance of home. Of love. Of kindness to strangers. Of memories and dreams.

Australia's rural towns and communities are closing down, much of Australia is being sold to overseas interests, states and countries and regions are being realigned worldwide. Town matriarch Granna Adams, her grandson Roberto, the lonely and thoughtful Clare - all try in their own way to hold on to their sense of self, even as the world around them fractures.

What would you do if all you held to be familiar was lost? More importantly, where do you belong?

An extraordinary debut novel from an exciting new Australian voice.

By: Sally Abbott
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9780733635946
ISBN 10: 0733635946
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sally Abbott is a former journalist and a PR Director who lives in Melbourne with her partner. She was the inaugural winner of The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2015. CLOSING DOWN is her first novel.

Reviews for Closing Down

a polished, accomplished, imaginative novel - Sydney Morning Herald Like all good speculative fiction, Sally Abbott has taken what's happening in the geo-politico-social sphere and ramped it up to the nth degree. - The Big Issue The characters and their strange world are so powerfully drawn that the book's oppressive mood lingers with the reader long after they've looked up from the page. - The Saturday Paper an arresting vision of survival and resilience in a broken world - Australian Review of Books Closing Down is a fitting - if terribly foreshadowing - story for today's political climate. - Books + Publishing I haven't been able to stop thinking about Sally Abbott's debut Closing Down since I finished reading it. - Readings I absolutely loved Closing Down and strongly recommend everyone read it. - Readings Abbott is strikingly effective at identifying the faultlines that run through our increasingly divided society and the degree to which the powerful immure themselves from the effects of their actions - Weekend Australian

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Closing Down

Sally Abbott

$32.99

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