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Anchor Point

Anchor Point 1

by Alice Robinson
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2015
The Stella Prize
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When her mother disappears into the bush, ten-year-old Laura makes an impulsive decision that will haunt her for decades.

Despite her angerand grief, she sets about running the house, taking care of her younger sister, and helping her father clear their wild acreage to carve out a farm. But gradually they realise that while they may own the land, they cannot tame it - nor can they escape their past.

Anchor Point is an eloquent and arresting Australian novel no reader will easily forget.

Longlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize

ISBN:
9781922213617
9781922213617
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Affirm Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Dimensions (mm):
212x135x20mm
Weight:
0.29kg
Alice Robinson

Alice Robinson grew up in Parkville and Wallan. She earned a Bachelor of Creative Arts from The University of Melbourne and a PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University, where she was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research and Research Training.

Her fiction, essays and reviews have been published widely in literary journals, including Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow, Overland, TEXT, Fireflies, Arena and Meanjin. Alice’s debut novel, Anchor Point (Affirm Press, 2015), was longlisted for The Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards (debut fiction) in 2016. She now lives in Warragul with her family.

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Now I have a bias as I work for the publisher, but when this gem came to us we saw its potential from the start. It is a beautifully written family story revolving around the Australian bush. The characters are written so well they will stay with you long after the book is finished.

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