A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop

A Constant Hum by Alice BishopItll all be okay, my mother said, and I remember the way her familiar face scrunched, afterwards reflected back at me, in the fogged bathroom mirror, when she thought I couldnt see. Before the fire before the front of flames roars over the hillsthe ridge is thick with gums. After the fire, all the birds have gone. There is only ash and melted metal, the blackened husks of cars. And the lost people: on the TV news in borrowed clothes, in temporary

} A deliciously dark satire on modern privilege from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen (and enfant terrible of American fiction)

Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairy-tale castle

A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste _ Stasia learns it from her Georgian father and takes it north

their very identity

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the Rajas appeared to be living a ˜normal Australian life

WINNER OF THE BAMB YOUNG READERS MIDDLE GRADE AWARD 2018WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP WEEK BOOK AWARD 2019'Magical in every way' - EOIN COLFERWhen Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island

Here is a classic outlaw tale

investigation of how the land makes us who we are

This beautiful

he puts on his favourite socks and gets ready to feed the dogs

danger was everywhere