From award-winning crime writer Margaret Hickey comes a collection of captivating short stories celebrating the Australian countryside.
Margaret Hickey’s Rural Dreams takes a look at life outside the big smoke, featuring the kind of characters you might expect in the country – as well as some you might not.
A football coach ponders obsession . . . a mouse plague dictates school yard politics . . . a failed playwright asks ‘who gets the farm?’ . . . and a young woman returns to her fire-ravaged town.
People we know. People we grew up with. Some of them might even be us . . .
Funny, heartbreaking and true, Rural Dreams highlights the richness of life on the land and showcases the beauty of lives lived outside city walls.
‘Each story brings a richness of character and experience, unexpected and utterly authentic.’ Marian Matta, author of Life, Bound
‘Stories that are lively, entertaining and authentic.’ Martin Flanagan
‘There’s a beauty in these stories that feels reminiscent of fairy tales – not all with happy endings – but all leaving you feeling like you’ve understood something of what it is to be human.’ Westerly Magazine
‘It’s a cliche to say that there’s something for everyone in this book but there just is.’ Books+Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Imprint: Penguin Books AU
Publication date: 07/01/2025
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