Described as 'accomplished, immersive, [and] moving' by New Zealand Listener, The Hope Fault is a crackling, complex family drama.

'Beautifully restrained' Radio New Zealand

In Cassetown, Geologue Bay, Iris and her extended family her ex-husband and his wife and their new baby; her son and her best friend's daughter gather on a midwinter long weekend, to pack up the family holiday house now that it has been sold. They are together for one last time, one last weekend, one last party. As the house is stripped bare, their secrets and the complex, messy nature of family relationships will be revealed.

The Hope Fault is a celebration of the complexities of family aunties and steps and exes, and a baby in need of a name; parents and partners who are missing, and the people who replace them.

It's about the faultlines that run under the surface, and it's about uncertainty the unsettling notion that the earth might shift, literally or metaphorically, at any moment. It's a contemporary novel that plays with time and with ways of telling stories. It finds poetry and beauty in science, and pattern and magic in landscape.

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About the Author

Tracy Farr is an Australian-born, New Zealand-based writer and former research scientist.

Her debut novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt was shortlisted for the 2014 WA Premier's Book Awards and the 2014 Barbara Jefferis Award, and longlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Tracy's short fiction has been published in anthologies, literary journals and popular magazines, and broadcast on Radio New Zealand. She won the 2014 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Award for her story Once had me, and other stories have been commended and shortlisted for awards in New Zealand and Australia.

Reviews

'The Hope Fault brilliantly captures both the prickly detail and the slow geological shifts of family life. An intricate, intimate novel - and utterly human.' Anna Smaill, Booker-longlisted author of The Chimes

'Tracy Farr's quietly brilliant second novel ... is an accomplished, immersive, moving book. Highly recommended' New Zealand Listener

'Beautifully restrained ... I recommend it highly. It is smart writing, it's thoughtful and nuanced. It's respectful of the reader, it lets you fill in the gaps, and it lets you leave gaps unfilled ... It feels very much like home' Radio New Zealand

'With its forgiving examination of relationships, The Hope Fault is a book for parents and unconventional families' Books+Publishing

'Tracy dares to go where many a writer might retreat' Dame Fiona Kidman, author of The Infinite Air

Praise for The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt

'The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt is a reflective, quiet, but beautifully written tale perfect for those interested in the intersection of music, literature, and film.' Foreword Reviews

'A complex and lyrical novel' Portland Book Review

'What's immediately intriguing about Lena Gaunt isn't Lena Gaunt but the fact that she plays a theremin...And Lena Gaunt isn't just any theremin player. She's a legend, if she does say so herself...' New York Times Book Review

Featured in Kirkus foreign fiction round-up and New York Times debut fiction round-up

Shortlisted, 2014 Barbara Jefferis Award
Shortlisted, 2014 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
Longlisted, 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award

Book Information
ISBN 9781910709436
Author Tracy Farr
Format Paperback
Page Count 340
Imprint Aardvark Bureau
Publisher Gallic Books