Publisher's Synopsis
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Winner - Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year in the ABIAs (Australian Book Industry Awards)
Winner - Debut Fiction Indie Book Awards
Winner - The Debbie Award under the Nita B Kibble Award for Women Writers
Shortlisted - The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (the UK's major prize for historical fiction)
Shortlisted - The Miles Franklin Award (Australia's most prestigious literary prize)
Shortlisted - The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Longlisted - IMPAC Prize