HOPE FARM

Book ID/图书代码： 11980515B82749

English Summary/英文概要： ‘They were inescapable, the tensions of the adult world — the fraught and febrile aura that surrounded Ishtar and those in her orbit, that whined and creaked like a wire pulled too tight.’

It is the winter of 1985. Hope Farm sticks out of the ragged landscape like a decaying tooth, its weatherboard walls sagging into the undergrowth. Silver’s mother, Ishtar, has fallen for the charismatic Miller, and the three of them have moved to the rural hippie commune to make a new start.

At Hope, Silver finds unexpected friendship and, at last, a place to call home. But it is also here that, at just thirteen, she is thrust into an unrelenting adult world — and the walls begin to come tumbling down, with deadly consequences.

Hope Farm is the masterful second novel from award-winning author Peggy Frew, and is a devastatingly beautiful story about the broken bonds of childhood, and the enduring cost of holding back the truth.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1985年的冬天，破破烂烂的土地上突兀地站着希望农场，就好像一颗腐烂的牙齿。它的檐壁一直垂到丛林。Silver的母亲Ishtar爱上了有着领袖气质的Miller，他们三人搬到村子里的嬉皮士社区，希望能有一个新的开始。

在希望农场，Silver遇到了意想不到的友谊以及家的温暖。但也是在这里，仅仅13岁的她被无情地推入了成人的世界。墙壁轰然倒塌，后果致命。

本书是获奖作者Peggy Frew的第二本小说，这个凄美的故事讲述了童年失散的联系以及为了寻回真相所付出的巨大代价。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：Win 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award

Hope Farm is in the spotlight again, having been shortlisted for the 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award by the Australian Society of Authors

HOPE FARM by Peggy Frew has been shortlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin Award

Peggy Frew是个了不起的作家，本书是一部伟大的小说。Silver和Ishtar之间复杂的关系通过优美的文字、敏锐的观察最终全盘展现了出来。我几乎可以感受到Gippsland的早晨，听到鸟儿啁啾，并闻到陈腐的烟雾味道。本书是优雅、温柔和智慧的集合。《Chris Womersley，著有Bereft and Cairo》。

这是一个原始的故事，这是一部典型的澳大利亚文学小说，这是一个自成一体的世界。Frew有现代的笔触，也有敏锐的洞察力和敏感性。本书描述了在我们无法得到保护时，失去和破坏的循环。《Sofie Laguna，著有The Eye of the Sheep，2015年度 Miles Franklin文学奖得主》。

‘Peggy Frew is an amazing writer and Hope Farm is a great novel. The complex story of Silver and Ishtar and their fraught relationship is beautifully written, acutely observed and, best of all, completely absorbing. I could almost feel the crisp Gippsland mornings, hear the birds warbling, and smell the stale dope smoke. Hope Farm is elegant, tender, and very wise.’ — Chris Womersley, award-winning author of Bereft and Cairo

‘Frew’s deceptively slow-burn tale of a teenage girl — adrift, bewildered, seeking solidity — moves inexorably to its climax, laying bare a certain darkness at the heart of the alternative lifestyle. But it’s the tale of a survivor, too.’ — Luke Davies, award-winning author of Candy

‘An original tale, drawing into the body of Australian literary fiction, a world between the cracks. Frew’s voice is contemporary, her observations sharp and sensitive. Hope Farm describes the cycle of loss and damage when there are no boundaries to protect us.’ — Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep, winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award

More good news from Scribe on the awards front. Peggy Frew has won the Barbara Jefferis award which is offered for ’the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society’.

https://scribepublications.com.au/news-events/news/peggy-frew-wins-barbara-jefferis-award

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/winner-of-barbara-jefferis-award-peggy-frew-writes-a-new-song-of-hope-20161020-gs7g7o.html

About the Author/作者介绍： Peggy Frew的处女座House of Sticks的未发表手稿一举夺得2010年度Victorian Premier文学奖。她的短篇故事Home Visit获得了The Age短篇故事竞赛的奖项。她的作品曾在New Australian Stories 2、Kill Your Darlings、The Big Issue以及Meanjin等刊物上发表。Peggy也是广受好评病屡获殊荣的墨尔本乐队Art of Fighting的成员。

PEGGY FREW’S debut novel, House of Sticks, won the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. Her story ‘Home Visit’ won The Age short story competition. She has been published in New Australian Stories 2, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue, and Meanjin. Peggy is also a member of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Melbourne band Art of Fighting.

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