Publisher's synopsis
In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him enough money to buy a small boat.
His two brothers are away at war, their whereabouts unknown. His father and older sister struggle to hold things together on the family orchard, Limberlost.
Desperate to ignore it all—to avoid the future rushing towards him—Ned dreams of open water.
As his story unfolds over the following decades, we see how Ned’s choices that summer come to shape the course of his life, the fate of his family and the future of the valley, with its seasons of death and rebirth.
The third novel by the award-winning author of Flames and The Rain Heron, Limberlost is an extraordinary chronicle of life and land: of carnage and kindness, blood ties and love.
Awards
- Winner, Fiction, Age Book of the Year, 2023
- Winner, Adult Fiction Book of the Year, BookPeople Book of the Year Awards, 2023
- Winner, Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History, 2024
- Shortlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2023
- Shortlisted, Voss Literary Prize, 2023
- Shortlisted, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2023
- Shortlisted, Fiction, Indie Book Awards, 2022
- Shortlisted, Dylan Thomas Prize, United Kingdom, 2023
- Shortlisted, ALS Gold Medal, 2023
- Commended, Fiction, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2023
- Longlisted, Premier’s Prize for Fiction, Tasmanian Literary Awards, 2025
- Longlisted, ARA Historical Novel Prize, 2023
- Longlisted, Fiction, Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award, 2022
- Longlisted, Best Designed Literary Fiction/Poetry Cover, Australian Book Design Awards, 2023
