Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood, Ailsa Piper

eAudio - 2023

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winning author of The Natural Way of Things and The Weekend.SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA AWARD FOR LITERARY FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARDBOOK OF THE YEAR, SYDNEY MORNING HERALDBOOK OF THE YEAR, ABCA woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro.She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and ...finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she... more