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Foal's Bread

Foal's Bread

by Gillian Mears
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/03/2013

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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. Written in luminous prose and with an aching affinity for the landscape the book describes, Foal's Bread is the work of a born writer at the height of her considerable powers. It is a stunning work of remarkable originality and power, one that confirms Gillian Mears' reputation as one of our most exciting and acclaimed writers.
ISBN:
9781459660557
9781459660557
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-03-2013
Publisher:
ReadHowYouWant
Country of origin:
Canada
Pages:
460
Dimensions (mm):
234x156mm
Gillian Mears

Gillian Mears (1964 - 2016) was loved for her novels and short stories, including the 2012 multi-award-winning novel for adults Foal’s Bread.

She wrote The Cat with the Coloured Tail while camped in the South Australian mallee, in her converted ambo camper, Ant and Bee. The Cat with the Coloured Tail was short-listed for the 2016 ABIA awards.

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