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The Other Side of the World

The Other Side of the World

by Stephanie Bishop
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Publication Date: 30/06/2015
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WINNER - Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2015


Shortlisted - The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award 2015


Shortlisted - ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2016


Longlisted - The Stella Prize 2016


A story of melancholy beauty that proves the only thing harder than losing home is trying to find it again.


Cambridge, 1963.


Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes marriage and parenthood bring, with losing the time and the energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, wants things to be as they were and can't face the thought of another English winter.


A brochure slipped through the letterbox slot brings him the answer: 'Australia brings out the best in you'.


Despite wanting to stay in the place that she knows, Charlotte is too worn out to fight. Before she has a chance to realise what it will mean, she is travelling to the other side of the world. Arriving in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light on both Henry and Charlotte and slowly reveals that their new life is not the answer either was hoping for. Charlotte is left wondering if there is anywhere she belongs and how far she'll go to find her way home . . .


**'profoundly moving … a literary tour de force' - Australian Women's Weekly


'the precision and flair of the writing is breathtaking' - Weekend Australian


'a mature and accomplished debut' - Hobart Mercury**

ISBN:
9780733633799
9780733633799
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-06-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Stephanie Bishop

The recent winner of the 2015 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, Stephanie Bishop's first novel was THE SINGING, for which she was named one of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD's Best Young Australian Novelists. THE SINGING was also highly commended for the Kathleen Mitchell Award.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD is her second novel, and as well as winning the Readings Prize, it was shortlisted for the 2014 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award under the title DREAM ENGLAND. This book also saw Stephanie recently longlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize, shortlisted in the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards and shortlisted in the Indie Book Awards Best Fiction for 2015.

Stephanie's fiction and poetry have appeared in SOUTHERLY, OVERLAND and ISLAND and she is a frequent contributor to THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE AUSTRALIAN, THE SYDNEY REVIEW OF BOOKS, THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW and the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.

She is a recipient of an Australia Council New Work Grant, an Asialink Fellowship, an Australian Society of Authors Mentorship, a Varuna Mentorship Fellowship and Varuna Residency Fellowship. She holds a PhD from Cambridge and is currently a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of New South Wales. Stephanie is currently at work on two new projects - a third novel and a collection of essays. Stephanie lives in Sydney.

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