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A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation. A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly manner in which the silent and strange Endlanders deal with life, death and the hinterlands of memory and loss. Their curious and unsettling ways raise ghosts for Louie, who has recently lost his own brother. This modern fable – part ghost-story, part coming-of-age novel and part astute social and family observation – explores the ways in which grief can affect not only individuals, but communities at large.

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a weird and wonderful triumph; a challenging, powerful book – this is Fine at her very best.

The Times Children's Book of the Week, February 2022

-- Alex O'Connell * The Times *

This is a book with the potential to heal. – Sunday Times Book of the Week

-- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *

Aftershocks

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      Publisher Old Barn Books
      Published 10 February 2022
      ISBN-13 9781910646779
      978-1910646779
      ISBN-10 1910646776
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation. A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly manner in which the silent and strange Endlanders deal with life, death and the hinterlands of memory and loss. Their curious and unsettling ways raise ghosts for Louie, who has recently lost his own brother. This modern fable – part ghost-story, part coming-of-age novel and part astute social and family observation – explores the ways in which grief can affect not only individuals, but communities at large.

      Trade Review

      a weird and wonderful triumph; a challenging, powerful book – this is Fine at her very best.

      The Times Children's Book of the Week, February 2022

      -- Alex O'Connell * The Times *

      This is a book with the potential to heal. – Sunday Times Book of the Week

      -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *

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