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The Boy Under the Table
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The Boy Under the Table

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‘I found The Boy Under the Table impossible to put down once I had started - the pace is unrelenting and the story is utterly engrossing. The conclusion is tinged with both hope and sadness and I held my children a little tighter and a lot longer when I had finished. The Boy Under The Table is a confronting story, but one that is well worth reading.’ - Great Aussie Reads

Tina is a young woman hiding from her grief on the streets of the Cross. On a cold night in the middle of winter she breaks all her own rules when she agrees to go home with a customer. What she finds in his house will change her life forever. Across the country Sarah and Doug are trapped in limbo, struggling to accept the loss that now governs their lives. Pete is the local policeman who feels like he is watching the slow death of his own family. Every day brings a fresh hell for each of them. Told from the alternating points of view of Tina, Sarah, Doug and Pete, The Boy Under the Table is gritty, shocking, moving and, ultimately, filled with hope. A harrowing glimpse into the real world behind the headlines, this is a novel of immense power and compassion-one that will not fail to move all who read it.

‘While this could have made for a harrowing read, the book is also littered with the kinds of characters that restore your faith in humanity There’s no sentimentality here, just the real and harrowing experiences of a family, and a community, touched by tragedy.’ - Reading Bar

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Country
Australia
Date
27 May 2013
Pages
288
ISBN
9781743314746

‘I found The Boy Under the Table impossible to put down once I had started - the pace is unrelenting and the story is utterly engrossing. The conclusion is tinged with both hope and sadness and I held my children a little tighter and a lot longer when I had finished. The Boy Under The Table is a confronting story, but one that is well worth reading.’ - Great Aussie Reads

Tina is a young woman hiding from her grief on the streets of the Cross. On a cold night in the middle of winter she breaks all her own rules when she agrees to go home with a customer. What she finds in his house will change her life forever. Across the country Sarah and Doug are trapped in limbo, struggling to accept the loss that now governs their lives. Pete is the local policeman who feels like he is watching the slow death of his own family. Every day brings a fresh hell for each of them. Told from the alternating points of view of Tina, Sarah, Doug and Pete, The Boy Under the Table is gritty, shocking, moving and, ultimately, filled with hope. A harrowing glimpse into the real world behind the headlines, this is a novel of immense power and compassion-one that will not fail to move all who read it.

‘While this could have made for a harrowing read, the book is also littered with the kinds of characters that restore your faith in humanity There’s no sentimentality here, just the real and harrowing experiences of a family, and a community, touched by tragedy.’ - Reading Bar

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Country
Australia
Date
27 May 2013
Pages
288
ISBN
9781743314746