The Shepherd's Hut
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4.2 • 263 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Jaxie dreads going home. His mum’s dead. The old man bashes him without mercy, and he wishes he was an orphan. But no one’s ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for.
In one terrible moment his life is stripped to little more than what he can carry and how he can keep himself alive. There’s just one person left in the world who understands him and what he still dares to hope for. But to reach her he’ll have to cross the vast saltlands on a trek that only a dreamer or a fugitive would attempt.
The Shepherd’s Hut is a searing look at what it takes to keep love and hope alive in a parched and brutal world.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
One of Australia’s most treasured authors serves up a bruising exploration of loss, survival and masculinity, navigating internal and external landscapes with unrivalled authority. After a calamitous accident, teenager Jaxie Clackton flees his violent upbringing and small-town home to head across the huge expanse of the West Australian desert in search of hope and love. But Jaxie’s trek is stalled when he encounters a strange fellow exiled in the middle of nowhere. Tim Winton again shows his mastery over language and terrain: the harsh setting is rendered in muscular, poetic prose, and his young hero's voice crackles with vernacular.
Customer Reviews
You wonder what it is to the story
Very good descriptions so you can easily imagine the setting and characters and quite sad over all but so good Jason gets to move on thanks again Tim I enjoy all your books
Masterful.
Truly stunning. Painfully honest. The most colourful use of language I’ve ever experienced.
The shepherds Hut
Colloquial and quirky, fascinating two characters..a likeable main character.