Shortlisted for the 2013 Miles Franklin Award. Tom and Jordy have been living with their gran since the day their mother, Loretta, left them on her doorstep and disappeared. Now Loretta's returned, and she wants her boys back. The family of three journeys across the country, squabbling, bonding, searching and reconnecting. But Loretta isn't mother material. She's broke, unreliable, lost. Love and fear are intertwined in this beautifully written and gripping debut that is as moving as it is frightening, as heartbreaking as it is tender.
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Shortlisted for the 2013 Miles Franklin Award. Tom and Jordy have been living with their gran since the day their mother, Loretta, left them on her doorstep and disappeared. Now Loretta's returned, and she wants her boys back. The family of three journeys across the country, squabbling, bonding, searching and reconnecting. But Loretta isn't mother material. She's broke, unreliable, lost. Love and fear are intertwined in this beautifully written and gripping debut that is as moving as it is frightening, as heartbreaking as it is tender.