Siddon Rock
by Glenda Guest
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"Winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. 'When Macha Connor came home from the war she walked into town as naked as the day she was born, except for well-worn and shining boots, a dusty slouch hat, and the .303 rifle she held across her waist.' Macha patrols Siddon Rock by night, watching over the town's inhabitants- Brigid, Granna, and all of the Aberline clan; Alistair in Meakin's Haberdashery, with his fine sense of style; show more Sybil, scrubbing away at the bloodstains in her father's butcher shop; Reverend Siggy, afraid of the outback landscape and the district's magical saltpans; silent Nell with her wild dogs; publican Marg, always accompanied by a cloud of blue; and the new barman, Kelpie Crush. It is only when refugee Catalin Morgenstern and her young son Josis arrive in town that Macha realises there is nothing she can do to keep the townspeople safe." show lessTags
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If you loved Joanne Harris's Chocolat (or the film of the same name) you will love this book too. It deserves to be an international bestseller. It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book and it's a beauty. See my review at http://anzlitlovers.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/siddon-rock-by-glenda-guest/
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Australian Women's Writing 2003 - 2014
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- Original publication date
- 2009
- People/Characters
- Henry Alberdine; George Alberdine; Nell; Granna; Catalin Morningstar; Macha Connor
- Important places
- The Mallee, Northwestern Victoria, Australia; Siddon Rock
- First words
- When the train reached the top of its climb Macha threw the jacket out the window, where it caught in a tree at the side of the track. There it hung like a khaki ghost.
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
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