THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBy the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Light Between OceansThe 'Australian Gone with the Wind' - a breathtaking epic novel set in the vast outback of Australia - about resilience, family secrets and the enduring power of love._______'A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community and love' RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Homemade God' I have so much love for these characters. Truly brilliant FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names'Masterful' GUARDIANOutback Western Australia, 1958. For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it s an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed.One 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.Fate comes for them again, in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child.Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.A sweeping, heart-wrenching, warm-hearted novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love._______READERS ADORE A FAR-FLUNG LIFE:*****It not only has fantastic characters, but the land is brought vividly to life I was completely engrossed*****At times I laughed out loud, at times I cried. Unforgettable*****This didn t feel so much like reading a book as it did watching a family, up close and personal*****Not enough stars for this one. Go read it*****My book of the year I will be surprised if another tops it.*****As heartbreaking as it is heart warming'I was completely swept away' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace'My read of the year so far' DAILY MAIL'Uplifting, moving, utterly absorbing' IRISH TIMES Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep This sweeping novel aches with life s impossible choices, thrums with love and pain, and imprints itself on your heart. JOANNA GLEN, author of All My Mothers'One of those rare books that fill the soul' DONAL RYAN, author of Heart be at Peace and The Spinning Heart'A rich Australian epic that binds family tragedy to the landscape' New York Times'An Australian Gone with the Wind' Sydney Morning Herald