![]() Set in the 1950s, this is a world every American will recognize: black, white, who we are, how we got here, and what we did to each other along the way.Ī Long Way from Home is Peter Carey's late-style masterpiece. George had lived at 'The Home' for pretty much all his life, and had been to so many. That is why, I think, that this story is so relevant and so strongly resonant within my heart. ![]() Many of us have travelled this same road before, whether literally, or metaphorically. It is often funny, more so as the world gets stranger, and always a page-turner even as you learn a history these characters never knew themselves. This story was a very realistic and touching portrayal of a long journey home. This is a thrilling high-speed story that starts in one way, and then takes you someplace else. Elaine and Ian followed the correct procedure to adopt a child from abroad but when they arrived at the orphanage they found their baby had died. With them is their lanky, fair-haired navigator, Willie Bachhuber, a quiz show champion and failed schoolteacher who calls the turns and creeks crossings on a map that will remove them, without warning, from the white Australia they all know so well. Together they enter the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the ancient continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive. A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, celebrating the importance of never letting go of. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. The two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country/continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000-mile race, the Redex Trial. A LONG LONG WAY is, hands down, one of the saddest, most tragic novels of men at war that I have ever read.
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