Salt River Road
An award-winning novel about grief and healing
By Molly Schmidt
Winner of the 2022 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, Salt River Road is a compelling coming-of-age novel about grief and healing set in a small Australian town in the 1970s.
In the aftermath of their mother's death, the Tetley siblings' lives are falling apart. Left to fend for themselves as their family farm goes to ruin, Rose sets out to escape the grief and mess of home. When she meets Noongar Elders Patsy and Herbert, she finds herself drawn into a home where she has the chance to discover the strength of community, and to heal a wound her family has carried for a generation.
- ISBN:
- 9781760992620
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 288
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Fremantle Press
- Imprint:
- Fremantle Press
- Weight:
- 358 g