The multi-award-winning third novel from Robbie Arnott, Limberlost is a story of family and land, loss and hope, fate and the unknown, and love and kindness.

Shortlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 Winner, Book People Adult Fiction Book of the Year 2023 Shortlisted, Fiction, Indie Book Awards 2023 Shortlisted, Dylan Thomas Prize

'A pitch-perfect story...' Age

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him enough money to buy a small boat.

His two brothers are away at war, their whereabouts unknown. His father and older sister struggle to hold things together on the family orchard, Limberlost. Desperate to ignore it all-to avoid the future rushing towards him-Ned dreams of open water.

As his story unfolds over the following decades, we see how Ned's choices that summer come to shape the course of his life, the fate of his family and the future of the valley, with its seasons of death and rebirth.

The third novel by the award-winning author of Flames and The Rain Heron, Limberlost is an extraordinary chronicle of life and land- of carnage and kindness, blood ties and love.

'Extraordinarily imaginative...His writing is so exquisite. Full of striking images.' ABC TV Weekend Breakfast

'A striking book, with lingering resonance and great heart.' Saturday Paper

'Arnott's style has tempered into something rich and singing...Breathtakingly moving.' Guardian