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Book SynopsisThe land has been divided up to suit the wave of new inhabitants - and finding a home and making a living is increasingly difficult. Many are simply homeless, and at a loss as to what their future holds. What would you do if all you thought was precious was suddenly stripped from you? How would you live - and more importantly - where do you belong?
Trade Reviewa polished, accomplished, imaginative novel - Sydney Morning Herald
Like all good speculative fiction, Sally Abbott has taken what's happening in the geo-politico-social sphere and ramped it up to the nth degree. - The Big Issue
The characters and their strange world are so powerfully drawn that the book's oppressive mood lingers with the reader long after they've looked up from the page. - The Saturday Paper
an arresting vision of survival and resilience in a broken world - Australian Review of Books
Closing Down is a fitting - if terribly foreshadowing - story for today's political climate. - Books + Publishing
I haven't been able to stop thinking about Sally Abbott's debut
Closing Down since I finished reading it. - Readings
I absolutely loved Closing Down and strongly recommend everyone read it. - Readings
Abbott is strikingly effective at identifying the faultlines that run through our increasingly divided society and the degree to which the powerful immure themselves from the effects of their actions - Weekend Australian
