A glorious love story’ Ð Sarah Winman, author of Still Life. Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. A stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist, from the bestselling author of Burial Rites, Hannah Kent. Hanne and TheaÕs friendship is a miracle. Before, Hanne always felt apart from the local girls, but with Thea it all came easy. Suddenly she could imagine a future for herself, a happy one, by TheaÕs side. But when their tight-knit community embarks on a long and brutal journey to Australia, in search of new freedoms on old land, Hanne and TheaÕs bond must find a way to survive the most impossible devastation. Will their love prove too strong for even Nature to break? ‘Extraordinarily daring . . . a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the womenÕs love’ Sunday Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month