The Clinking: A Powerful Ecological Love Story About Grief And Hope In A Warming World

The Clinking: A Powerful Ecological Love Story About Grief And Hope In A Warming World

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From Richell PrizeWinning Debut Author Susie Greenhill Comes A Tender And Profoundly Moving Exploration Of Life And Loss.In The Early Morning, Elena Woke As Orla Pulled Back The Doona And Climbed Into Their Bed. She Unfolded ElenaS Fingers And Pressed A Tiny Model Penguin Into Her Hand. Still Half Asleep, Elena Rolled Over. Outside The Window, Black Cockatoos Were Dropping Wattle Galls Onto The Street. The Room Was Silent, The Dawn Light Dull And Grey. And Tom Was Gone . . .In The NotTooDistant Future On The Island Of Lutruwita, Where The Seas Glow Blue With Bioluminescence And Ancient Forests Wither In The Heat, A Young Family Are Caught In The Eye Of A Storm.As An Ecologist Working On Extinctions, Tom Knows The World He Loves Is Unravelling Around Him. He Cares Deeply For His Wife Elena, A Journalist, And Their Daughter Orla, But He Is Haunted By Disappearing Species And The News Of Bushfires, Floods And Famine. In His Mind, The Damage Done To The Earth Has Tipped Into The Irreversible. Elena Can Only Watch Helplessly As TomS Grief Consumes Him. And Then, One Day, Tom Vanishes.Alone, Elena Asks Herself, How Can I Be A Mother To My Child In This World? In The Remote SouthWest Wilderness, She Sets Out To Find Answers And The Hope She Needs For Herself And Her Daughter. But Is There Hope Left To Find?A Tragic Love Song For The Natural World. A Poignant And Compelling Search For Hope In Everything WeRe Losing, Everything WeVe Lost. Ben WalterGreenhillS Writing Is Unlike Any I Have Encountered In Its Luminous Effectiveness. Louise WestlingPowerful And Inventive The AustralianLyrical And Moving Good Reading MagazineBeautiful . . . A Stunning, Devastating DebutThe GuardianExquisite . . . A Lesson In How To Look With Clear Eyes At The Historical Moment WeRe Living Through And At The Destination To Which WeRe Headed The Mercury

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