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Stone yard devotional

Charlotte Wood, (1965-)

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"Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Australian outback. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident. But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past"--

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Title Statement Stone yard devotional / Charlotte Wood.
Author Wood, Charlotte, 1965-
Publication New York: Riverhead Books,2025.©2023
Extent of Item 295 pages ;
ISBN 9798217047352 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07907181
General Notes Originally published in hardcover: London : Sceptre, 2024.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Australian outback. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident. But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past"--
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By Topic Middle-aged women--Fiction--Australia
Missing persons--Fiction--Australia
Religious communities--Fiction
By Genre Philosophical fiction
Psychological fiction
Novels
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