01939cam a2200373 i 4500 2802740714 TxAuBib 20260701120000.0 260108s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025943509 9781668219614 hardcover 1668219611 hardcover (OCoLC)1567021197 TxAuBib rda Stedman, M. L, author. A far-flung life : a novel / M. L. Stedman. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2026. ©2026. 431 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Remote Western Australia, 1958: here, for generations, the MacBrides have lived on a vast sheep station, Meredith Downs. It is a million acres, an ocean of arid land. On an 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. And then, tragedy revisits when a twist of consequences claims the life of one sibling, and leads another to give up everything for the sake of an innocent child. Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey for which there is no map, no guide. The secrets at the heart of this gutting and beautiful story force him to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness"-- Provided by publisher. 20260701. Life change events Fiction. Grief Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Self-sacrifice Fiction. Australia Fiction. Western Australia Fiction. Domestic fiction. fast Historical fiction. fast