A Far-flung Life

A big, bold story of tragedy and resilience. I was completely swept away.

Bonnie Garmus

Heart-wrenching and beautifully set. A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community, love and the lengths we will go to save them all.

Rachel Joyce

Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life, and I love the very bones of it.

Joanna Cannon

M.L. Stedman's new novel A Far-flung Life was well-worth the wait. Epic, grand, intimate and aching, it is a novel that carries its secrets in hidden places, burying its wounds in the vast, empty landscape of Western Australia and in the broken hearts of its characters. I loved it.

Miranda Cowley Heller, author of the bestselling THE PAPER PALACE

One of those rare books that fill the soul.

Donal Ryan

Utterly glorious. I have so much love for these characters - I felt their regrets, yet just as deeply, Stedman’s compassion. A truly brilliant novel.

Florence Knapp, author of THE NAMES

Magnificent. I never wanted it to end. Unforgettable characters, epic emotional texture and spell-binding prose. This is not just a good book, it's a Great Novel - one I think we'll all be remembering, recommending and re-reading for generations to come.

Anna Downes, bestselling author of RED RIVER ROAD

A masterful examination of loss . . . The author’s masterful control of perspective, shifting between multiple characters as well as expanses of time and place, culminates in a remarkable, poignant tale.

Jack Callil, Guardian

A deft painter of character and industrious builder of worlds, A Far-flung Life resolves into a satisfying and superior work of commercial fiction.

The Australian

A rich Australian epic.

New York Times

A Far-flung Life is an Australian classic in the making from acclaimed storyteller M L Stedman . . . No one does vast landscapes and tortured souls quite like Stedman . . . a cinematic experience.

Australian Women's Weekly

An expansive saga that invites immersive reading.

Sydney Morning Herald

Stedman mixes big emotions with beautiful writing to intoxicating effect.

Good Housekeeping

A masterful work.

Guardian

Luminous and unforgettable, M. L. Stedman’s latest novel explores how compassion and forgiveness can help us live with the things that cannot be undone.

Woman's World

A gorgeous historical fiction saga about family and belonging, fate and time.

People

I absolutely loved this novel . . . I found Stedman's respect for her characters, and the dignity she gives them, as moving as the story in which she sets them. My read of the year so far.

Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

A masterful saga well worth the wait . . . Beautifully written and deeply moving.

Sydney Morning Herald

An epic and intimate family saga . . . The narrative moves with cinematic quality, propulsive and visual . . . This is an uplifting, moving and utterly absorbing novel.

Irish Times