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The Light on the Water

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Recently divorced and trying to make sense of her new life, Anne takes her daughter Aida on an overnight bushwalk in the moody wilderness of Wilsons Promontory. In a split second, Aida disappears and a frantic Anne scrambles for help. Some of the emergency trackers who search for Aida already doubt Anne's story.

Nearly two years later and still tormented by remorse and grief, Anne is charged with her daughter's murder. Witnesses have come forward, offering evidence which points to her guilt. She is stalked by the media and shunned by friends, former colleagues and neighbours.

On bail and awaiting trial, Anne works to reconstruct her last hours with Aida. She remembers the sun high in the sky, the bush noisy with insects, and her own anxiety, as oppressive as the heat haze.

A superbly written and conceived literary work about the best and the worst aspects of family life, this story asks difficult questions about society, the media, and our rush to judgement. This is a thoughtful, provocative and unflinching novel in the tradition of Helen Garner, Joan London and Charlotte Wood.


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Publisher: Allen & Unwin

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  • ISBN: 9781952533334
  • File size: 916 KB
  • Release date: March 14, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781952533334
  • File size: 916 KB
  • Release date: March 14, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781952533334
  • File size: 5570 KB
  • Release date: March 14, 2016

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English

Recently divorced and trying to make sense of her new life, Anne takes her daughter Aida on an overnight bushwalk in the moody wilderness of Wilsons Promontory. In a split second, Aida disappears and a frantic Anne scrambles for help. Some of the emergency trackers who search for Aida already doubt Anne's story.

Nearly two years later and still tormented by remorse and grief, Anne is charged with her daughter's murder. Witnesses have come forward, offering evidence which points to her guilt. She is stalked by the media and shunned by friends, former colleagues and neighbours.

On bail and awaiting trial, Anne works to reconstruct her last hours with Aida. She remembers the sun high in the sky, the bush noisy with insects, and her own anxiety, as oppressive as the heat haze.

A superbly written and conceived literary work about the best and the worst aspects of family life, this story asks difficult questions about society, the media, and our rush to judgement. This is a thoughtful, provocative and unflinching novel in the tradition of Helen Garner, Joan London and Charlotte Wood.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Allen & Unwin

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781952533334
    File size: 916 KB
    Release date: March 14, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781952533334
    File size: 916 KB
    Release date: March 14, 2016

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781952533334
    File size: 5570 KB
    Release date: March 14, 2016

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English