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Book of the Month
The Rain Heron
From a 2019 Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year and the author of the highly praised novel Flames comes another beguiling, transformative work of fiction confirming Robbie Arnott as one of Australia's most exciting writers.
The Rain Heron
Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting and trading – and forgetting.
But when a young soldier comes to the mountains in search of a local myth, Ren is inexorably drawn into her impossible mission.
As their lives entwine, unravel and erupt – as myths merge with reality – both Ren and the soldier are forced to confront what they regret, what they love, and what they fear.
Robbie Arnott’s stunning second novel remakes our relationship with the natural world. The Rain Heron is equal parts horror and wonder, and utterly gripping.
The Rain Heron
Nothing to See Here
Sand Talk
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Room for a Stranger
Exploded View
The Trauma Cleaner
Radiant Shimmering Light
The Death of Noah Glass
A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline
The Cage
The Stolen Bicycle
The Shadow Land
A Dutiful Daughter
Anna
The Restorer
War and Turpentine
My Last Continent
Keep Me Posted
When the Sky Fell Apart
The Life of Elves
The Story of the Lost Child
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
The Story of a New Name
The Truth and Other Lies
The Surfacing
Academy Street
Silence Once Begun
The Train to Paris
The Pure Gold Baby
The Secret River
The Gargoyle
The Good Muslim
Genesis
An Exclusive Love
The Woman Before Me
This Is How
Saving Mozart
Hand Me Down World
Mister Pip
