{"product_id":"9781922147783","title":"The Lost Child","description":"Author: McCourt, Suzanne\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922147783\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Feb 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom the headland, we look across to the lighthouse on Seal Island where Mr Hammett has to take the gas bottle to keep the light flashing at night. Aunt Cele says there is no land between us and the bottom of the world where everything is white ice and there are penguins as big as men, but I know this already because Dunc has told me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSylvie is five. It's the 1950s and she lives in Burley Point, a fishing village south of the Coorong on Australia's wild southern coast. She worships her older brother Dunc. She tries to make sense of her brooding mother, and her moody father who abandons the family to visit The Trollop, Layle Lewis, who lives across the lagoon.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt's hard to keep secrets in a small town, but when Dunc goes missing, Sylvie is terrified that she is the cause. Now her father is angry all the time; her mother won't leave the house or stop cleaning. The bush and the birds and the endless beach are Sylvie's only salvation, apart from her teacher, Miss Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of the novels of Anne Tyler and Eudora Welty, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written story about family and identity and growing up. Sylvie is a charming narrator with a big heart and a sharp eye for the comic moment. As the years go by she learns how tiny events can changes entire lives, and how leaving might be the only solution when the the world will never be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150294921374,"sku":"UBD-9781922147783","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922147783.jpg?v=1786963939","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922147783","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}