The Conversion
From the author of the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning The Labyrinth
$26.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, grief, and what makes a home.
The conversion was Nick’s idea. Nick: so persuasive, ever the optimist, still boyishly handsome. Always on a quest to design the perfect environment, convinced it could heal a wounded soul.
The conversion was Nick’s idea, but it’s Zoe who’s here now, in a valley of old coalmines and new vineyards, working out how to live in a deconsecrated church. Wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922790484 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922790486 |
| Author: | Amanda Lohrey |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 155mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
‘The Conversion takes on a dreamy tone to explore the complexities of love, loss, family and home…The process of grief is rarely logical and straightforward, and in reflecting this, the book holds true.’ * Books+Publishing *
‘Lohrey delves into grief-induced purgatory and the meaning of home, especially in times of upheaval.’ * Harper’s Bazaar *
Amanda Lohrey
Amanda Lohrey lives in Tasmania and writes fiction and non-fiction. She has taught at the University of Tasmania, the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Queensland. Amanda is a regular contributor to the Monthly magazine and a former senior fellow of the Australia Council’s Literature Board. She received the 2012 Patrick White Award. The Labyrinth (2021), her eighth work of fiction, won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, a Prime Minister’s Literary Award, a Tasmanian Literary Award and the Voss Literary Prize.
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