Description

After a catastrophic storm destroys Melbourne, Isobel flees to higher ground with her husband and young daughter. Food and supplies run low, panic sets in and still no help arrives. To protect her daughter, Isobel must take drastic action.

The Glad Shout is an extraordinary novel of rare depth and texture. Told in a starkly visual and compelling narrative, this is a deeply moving homage to motherhood and the struggles faced by women in difficult times.

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About the author(s)

Alice Robinson is the author of three novels with Affirm Press, most recently If You Go. Her debut novel, Anchor Point, was longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards. The Glad Shout was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award and the Colin Roderick Literary Award, and won the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Alice has a PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University, for which she was awarded Vice Chancellor’s Peak Award for Research. She works at Federation University and RMIT.