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'From the award-winning author of House of Sticks comes a magnificent story of love, tragedy, and forgiveness lost.
'It is the winter of 1985, and 13-year-old Silver Landes is about to be pushed towards a decision that could split her world apart. Her mother, Ishtar, has fallen for the charismatic but unnerving Miller, and the three of them have moved from Brisbane to Hope Farm, a run-down hippie commune in rural Gippsland.
'Among the bedraggled residents of Hope, young Silver finds unexpected friendship and love. Has she found a home at last? Or will Ishtar's secrets force Silver into becoming an adult before she is ready, with devastating consequences?
'Hope Farm is a beautifully wrought, tender tale of what happens when love brings about unforeseen and unimaginable acts of sacrifice, and the enduring damage that can result from holding back the truth.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Epigraph:
'You don't look back along time but down
through it, like water. Sometimes this comes
to the surface, sometimes that, sometimes
nothing. Nothing goes away.'-Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording, large print
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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The Stella Interview : Peggy Frew
2018
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Stella Interviews 2018;'Peggy Frew’s novel Hope Farm is shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize. We asked Peggy a few questions about endings, inspiration and the writing process.' (Introduction)
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Pleasures in Listening
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 June 2016; (p. 6) 'Talking books lover Amanda Ellis explores a journey from cassettes to Kindle read-alouds.' -
Miles Franklin Shortlist: Four Melbourne Novelists Join Charlotte Wood
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 29 May 2016; 'Four authors who have never previously featured in the latter stages of the Miles Franklin Literary Award have made their way onto the shortlist for Australia's premier literary prize. ...' -
Miles Franklin Shortlist Named
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 30 May 2016; (p. 5) 'The shortlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced in Sydney yesterday. ...' -
After Stella Success, Frew Makes Miles Final
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 May 2016; (p. 3)
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Hope Farm by Peggy Frew Review – a Painful Tale of Mother and Daughter
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 October 2015;
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel -
Interloper Divides Mother and Child
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 October 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel -
Australian Fiction
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2015; (p. 23)
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel ; Locust Girl : A Lovesong 2015 single work novel ; Formaldehyde 2015 single work novella ; Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 October 2015; (p. 27)
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel -
Review : Hope Farm
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2015; (p. 48)
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel -
Miles Franklin Award Longlist 2016 : Five Out of Nine Nominees Are Women
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 April 2016; Includes The 2016 Miles Franklin longlist -
After Stella Success, Frew Makes Miles Final
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 May 2016; (p. 3) -
Miles Franklin Shortlist Named
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 30 May 2016; (p. 5) 'The shortlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced in Sydney yesterday. ...' -
Miles Franklin Shortlist: Four Melbourne Novelists Join Charlotte Wood
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 29 May 2016; 'Four authors who have never previously featured in the latter stages of the Miles Franklin Literary Award have made their way onto the shortlist for Australia's premier literary prize. ...' -
Pleasures in Listening
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 June 2016; (p. 6) 'Talking books lover Amanda Ellis explores a journey from cassettes to Kindle read-alouds.'
Awards
- 2017 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2016 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
- 2016 shortlisted The Stella Prize
- 2016 winner Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2015 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- Victoria,
- Gippsland, Victoria,