The sun walks down /
McFarlane, Fiona, 1978-
The sun walks down / Fiona McFarlane. - First American edition. - 336 pages ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in 2022 by Allen and Unwin, Australia"--Title page verso.
"The Sun Walks Down is a sweeping, propulsive epic set in colonial Australia from Fiona McFarlane, the award-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places"-- In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - explore their own relationships with the complex landscape unsettling history of the Flinders Ranges.
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Dust storms--Fiction.
Missing children--Fiction.
Search and rescue operations--Fiction.
Country life--Fiction.
South Australia--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
The sun walks down / Fiona McFarlane. - First American edition. - 336 pages ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in 2022 by Allen and Unwin, Australia"--Title page verso.
"The Sun Walks Down is a sweeping, propulsive epic set in colonial Australia from Fiona McFarlane, the award-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places"-- In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - explore their own relationships with the complex landscape unsettling history of the Flinders Ranges.
9780374606237 0374606234
2022044381
Dust storms--Fiction.
Missing children--Fiction.
Search and rescue operations--Fiction.
Country life--Fiction.
South Australia--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.