{"product_id":"white-earth-isbn-9781569474419","title":"White Earth","description":"“The saga of the McIvors is nothing less than a grim and supremely entertaining take on colonialism in Australia and the tortured, stained hearts of all its New World cousins. A-.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eAfter his father’s death, young William is cast upon the charity of an unknown great-uncle, John McIvor. The old man was brought up expecting to marry the heiress to Kuran Station—a grand estate in the Australian Outback—only to be disappointed by his rejection and the selling off of the land. He has devoted his life to putting the estate back together and has moved into the once-elegant mansion. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMcIvor tries to imbue William with his obsession, but his hold on the land is threatened by laws entitling the Aborigines to reclaim sacred sites. William’s mother desperately wants her son to become John McIvor’s heir, but no one realizes that William is ill and his condition is worsening. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe White Earth\u003c\/i\u003e won Australia’s Miles Franklin Award for 2005 and was selected as Book of the Year (2004) by \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eThe Courier-Mail.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e The White Earth\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of 2004 \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2004 Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2006 Dymocks Bookseller Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2006 International Dublin Literary Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The saga of the McIvors is nothing less than a grim and supremely entertaining take on colonialism in Australia and the tortured, stained hearts of all its New World cousins. A-.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“McGahan scrutinizes his characters without puppetry, and his prose moves with grace, smoothness and a gift for setting.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing, disturbing, almost gothic, by turns, as McGahan depicts the inextricability of family and the primal hunger for finding and naming home.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Valerie Miner, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe White Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is an enjoyable epic of the struggle for land Down Under.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Millions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Impressive . . . A well-wrought, meditative reflection on Australia's colonialist demons.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A great Australian story embracing national themes that should engage us all.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Lucy Clark\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"The contemporary setting notwithstanding, these characters have a timeless quality and could have stepped from the pages of a Dickens novel.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"The glue that holds it all together is McGahan's tremendous narrative skill. \u003ci\u003eThe White Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is a long book, but there is nothing sprawling about it. It is a lean, intelligent and incisive novel.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Sydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew McGahan\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling author from Queensland, Australia. His first novel, \u003ci\u003ePraise\u003c\/i\u003e, earned him the\u003ci\u003e Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\/Vogel Literary Award, while his 2004 novel \u003ci\u003eThe White Earth\u003c\/i\u003e received the Miles Franklin Literary Award, among several others. McGahan is also the author of a children’s book series \u003ci\u003eShip Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a number of works for stage and screen.","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301214933221,"sku":"NP9781569474419","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569474419.jpg?v=1767744125","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/white-earth-isbn-9781569474419","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}