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The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

Hachette Australia, $29.99 pb, 405 pp, 9780733630507

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Shadows, shallows, tides, secrets, aching hearts, and tragedy. ‘The love and the grief and the joy and the pain and all the emotion’ – oh the emotion – in Hannah Richell’s new novel, centred around a secluded lake, can leave one feeling thoroughly water-logged. Richell’s close follow-up to Secrets of the Tides (2012) uses similar techniques to depict another troubled family that must confront secrets from its past.

 


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The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

Hachette Australia, $29.99 pb, 405 pp, 9780733630507

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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