TY  - BOOK
AU  - McFarlane,Fiona
TI  - The sun walks down
SN  - 9780374606237
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Dust storms
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Missing children
KW  - Search and rescue operations
KW  - Country life
KW  - South Australia
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Novels
N1  - "Originally published in 2022 by Allen and Unwin, Australia"--Title page verso
N2  - "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
ER  -