{"product_id":"a-far-flung-life","title":"A Far-Flung Life","description":"The mesmeric new novel from the author of the award-winning global bestseller, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS Western Australia, 1958. A truck rumbles along a lonely outback road. A moment's inattention, and in a few muddled seconds the lives of the MacBride family are shattered. Instead of leaving them to heal, fate comes back for them 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. Set in the expanse of a vast and flat landscape, where the weather is a capricious god and a million-acre sheep station is barely a dot on the map, A Far-flung Life explores the hearts of a handful of isolated souls and the secrets they shield in order to survive. Capturing a family, a community, M L Stedman tells of the many ways humans can do each other wrong and how we move on when things can't be put right. With shimmering prose and a delicious wit, the mysteries of being human are laid bare in this hopeful meditation on time and resilience and the lengths we go to to protect what we love. ***** Praise for The Light Between Oceans: 'An extraordinary book...Unforgettable' Guardian 'A moving tale . . . prepare to weep' New York Times 'A moving tale. One of this year's must-reads' Stylist Magazine","brand":"M. L. Stedman","offers":[{"title":"Doubleday UK \/ 2026-03-05 \/ 443","offer_id":54916537450837,"sku":"9781529965346","price":2.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/content_4065ee7f-099d-4677-9a7a-af39b0e257c8.jpg?v=1789055224","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/a-far-flung-life","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}