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Compelling, compassionate and profoundly moving, this new novel by the acclaimed author of The Everlasting Sunday confirms Robert Lukins as one of our finest writers.Two women stand in the shallows, a man dead at their feet, while around them buildings burn.Amid the ruins of a fire-ravaged amusement park and destroyed waterfront dwellings, one boarded-up building still stands. May has come from Australia to Loveland, Nebraska, to claim the house on the poisoned lake as part of her grandmother's will. Escaping the control of her husband, will she find refuge or danger?As she starts repairing the old house, May is drawn to discover more about her silent, emotionally distant grandmother and unravel the secrets that Casey had moved halfway around the world to keep hidden. How she and Casey's lives interconnect, and the price they both must pay for their courage, is gradually revealed as this mesmerising and lyrical novel unfolds.Compelling, compassionate and profoundly moving, this new novel by the acclaimed author of The Everlasting Sunday confirms Robert Lukins as one of our finest writers.Praise for The Everlasting Sunday:'Striking. Lukins' great achievement is to have created an atmosphere that is at once very much of this world, and musical and timeless. Everlasting indeed.' Michelle de Kretser, Miles Franklin-winning author of Questions of Travel and The Life to Come'Robert Lukins' powerful, assured writing cuts like a knife into a world crackling with secrets and tension.' Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek'Extraordinary...The Everlasting Sunday is a beautifully written, subtle novel, dealing with loss, forgiveness, love, redemption and the complexity of our natures.' John Purcell, Booktopia'Lukins achieves something delicate and spare...' The Sydney Morning Herald'Both savage and tender,?The Everlasting Sunday is a haunting debut novel.' Better Reading 'Lukins richly evokes the hermetic world.' The Saturday Paper'Each sentence lingers on a moment, suspending action like frost creeping through a body of water.' Kill Your Darlings'A rare sense of foreboding and impending catastrophe...a compelling debut.' The Australian Book Review