{"product_id":"a-far-flung-life","title":"A Far-Flung Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWestern Australia, 1958. A truck rumbles along a lonely outback road. A moment’s inattention, and in a few muddled seconds the lives of the MacBride family are shattered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead of leaving them to heal, fate comes back for them in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in the expanse of a vast and flat landscape, where the weather is a capricious god and a million-acre sheep station is barely a dot on the map, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Far-flung Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the hearts of a handful of isolated souls and the secrets they shield in order to survive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapturing a family, a community, A FAR-FLUNG LIFE tells of the many ways humans can do each other wrong and how we move on when things can’t be put right. With shimmering prose and a delicious wit, the mysteries of being human are laid bare in this hopeful meditation on time and resilience and the lengths we go to to protect what we love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 03\/03\/26 - Hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771128865078,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-4520.jpg?v=1773347699","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/a-far-flung-life","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}