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2012 Longlist

Book of Lost Threads

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In the small town of Opportunity, four mismatched people discover the unexpected power of kindness. Tender, funny and memorable, Book of Lost Threads is a story about love and loss, parents and children, hope, faith and the value of simple kindness.
Moss has run away from Melbourne to Opportunity on the trail of a man she knows only by name. But her arrival sets in train events that disturb the long-held secrets of three of the town’s inhabitants: Finn, a brilliant mathematician, who has become a recluse; Lily Pargetter, eighty-three-year-old knitter of tea cosies; and Sandy, the town buffoon, who dreams of a Great Galah.
It is only as Moss, Finn, Lily and Sandy develop unlikely friendships that they find a way to lay their sorrows to rest and knit together the threads that will restore them to life. (From Publisher)

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Tess
Evans

Tess Evans’ first novel, the bestselling BOOK OF LOST THREADS, was published in 2010 and was shortlisted for the Indie Awards 2011 and longlisted for the 2012 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award. She has since published THE MEMORY TREE (2012) and MERCY STREET (2016). Previous to her writing debut, Tess taught and counselled a wide range of people: youth at risk, migrants, Indigenous trainees, apprentices, sole parents and unemployed workers of all ages and professions. She lives in Melbourne. (from Harper Collins Canada)

Tess Evans’ first novel, the bestselling BOOK OF LOST THREADS, was published in 2010 and was shortlisted for the Indie Awards 2011 and longlisted for the 2012 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award. She has since published THE MEMORY TREE (2012) and MERCY STREET (2016). Previous to her writing debut, Tess taught and counselled a wide range of people: youth at risk, migrants, Indigenous trainees, apprentices, sole parents and unemployed workers of all ages and professions. She lives in Melbourne. (from Harper Collins Canada)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Australia
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin

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