Books with Barb: "A Far-Flung Life"

We are excited to announce our next Books with Barb, focused on the novel by M.L. Stedman, moderated by our Book Buyer, Barb Tankel.

Your ticket to the event includes a hardcover copy of the book, which can be picked up at the store anytime before the event, along with beverages and light dessert.

Limited to 25 participants.

About A Far-Flung Life:

When we do something that can’t be undone or mended, how do we go on living? How do we find our North Star when there is no right answer? These are the questions at the center of M. L. Stedman’s unforgettable and magisterial new novel, A Far-flung Life. From the author of the beloved and bestselling , this is a sweeping and epic story of a family, a tragedy, and the aftermath that reverberates for decades.

Remote Western Australia, 1958: here, for generations, the MacBrides have lived on a vast sheep station, Meredith Downs. It is a million acres, an ocean of arid land. On an ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered. And then, tragedy revisits when a twist of consequences claims the life of one sibling, and leads another to give up everything for the sake of an innocent child. Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey for which there is no map, no guide. The secrets at the heart of this gutting and beautiful story force him to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.

A Far-flung Life is a tale about family and belonging, fate and time. It is about people trying to do their best, and each, for private reasons, seeking shelter from the storm of life.

About Barb Tankel:

Barb Tankel has been a bookseller and book buyer with independent bookstores in NY & CT for over 20 years and is an experienced book club moderator.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

To pick up your copy of the book, please come to the store located at 228 Sound Beach Avenue at any time before the event and let the person at the register know you are picking up a copy of A Far-Flung Life for Books with Barb.

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