The Turning: Stories

Set on a coastal stretch of Western Australia, Tim Winton's stunning collection of connected stories is about turnings of all kinds -- changes of heart, slow awakenings, nasty surprises and accidents, sudden detours, resolves made or broken. Brothers cease speaking to each other, husbands abandon wives and children, grown men are haunted by childhood fears. People struggle against the weight of their own history and try to reconcile themselves to their place in the world. With extraordinary insight and tenderness, Winton explores the demons and frailties of ordinary people whose lives are not what they had hoped.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 10/10/2006
ISBN: 9780743279796
Pages: 317
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.73d

Review Citations: New York Times 11/26/2006 pg. 24