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Blood:
First Nations Classics (with an introduction by Larissa Behrendt)

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Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Blood is a coming-of-age story set on the back roads of Australia.

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Overview

From multi-award-winning author Tony Birch comes a masterful novel about the indelible bond between two siblings.

Jesse has sworn to protect his sister, Rachel, no matter what. It’s a promise that cannot be broken. A promise made in blood. But, when it comes down to life or death, how can he find the courage to keep it?

Set on the back roads of Australia, Blood is a boy’s odyssey through a broken-down adult world.

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Tony Birch

Tony Birch

Tony Birch is the author of four novels, five short fiction collections, and two poetry books. In 2022 his book, Dark As Last Night was awarded the Christina Stead Literary Prize and the Steele Rudd Literary Award. The book was also shortlisted for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction. His most recent book is the novel, Women and Children, (UQP 2023).