Author(s): Claire Messud

Fiction and NZ Fiction

When the Armstrong family moves from New York at the dawn of the 1970s, Australia feels, to Alice Armstrong, like the end of the earth. Residing in a grand manor on the glittering Sydney Harbour, her family finds their life has turned upside down.

As she navigates this strange new world, Alice must find a way to weave an existence from its shimmering mirage.