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    The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
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    The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted

    Written by Robert Hillman

    Narrated by Julian Pulvermacher

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    A wonderfully tender and moving novel by award-winning author Robert Hillman.
    Tom Hope doesn't think he's much of a farmer, but he's doing his best. He can't have been much of a husband to Trudy, either, judging by her sudden departure. It's only when she returns, pregnant to someone else, that he discovers his surprising talent as a father. So when Trudy finds Jesus and takes little Peter away with her to join the holy rollers, Tom's heart breaks all over again.

    Enter Hannah Babel, quixotic smalltown bookseller: the second Jew, and the most vivid person, Tom has ever met. He dares to believe they could make each other happy.

    But it is 1968: twenty-four years since Hannah and her own little boy arrived at Auschwitz. Tom Hope is taking on a battle with heartbreak he can barely even begin to imagine.

    “A novel of great spirit and tenderness.”
    CARIIE TIFFANY

    “I found that the novel beautifully represents Hillman's inherent understanding of Australia and its people. This is a novel of desolation, and it is ultimately a love story. Frankly for me it doesn't get better.” READINGS MONTHLY

    “This is a story with love and laughter, guilt and grief, cruelty and kindness. All this is wrapped in beautiful descriptive prose… A wonderful and moving read.” BOOKMOOCH

    “While this tale contains darkness and heartache, they are accompanied by truth and love, and ultimately, hope, and the human capacity to overcome… A sensitive, enthralling story, destined to become a favourite.” BOOKS+PUBLISHING

    “Hillman's ability to conjure up the rhythms and texture of rural life is a source of joy…This is a novel about the importance of freedom as well as the redemptive qualities of love – and how facing up to the past can be the key to both freedom and love.” SATURDAY PAPER

    “Robert Hillman entwines, with risk and skill, different and seemingly incompatible stories…He adds heft to the distinguished fiction of rural Australia.” AUSTRALIAN

    “There is a tender, limpid flow to Hillman's beautifully-paced prose that makes it a joy to read as it gently privileges seasons, weather, steadfastness and love, and the farm's expansive outlook across the countryside over inevitable episodes of violence, loss and pain.” ADELAIDE ADVERTISER

    “The writer conveys depth of character, emotion, time and place with skilfully succinct prose.”
    NZ WOMAN'S WEEKLY

    ‘The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted is a celebration of the re-creation of families after heartbreak, and in particular the love between father and son. Highly recommended.'
    NEW ZEALAND HERALD
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateDec 6, 2018
    ISBN9781528855044
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    The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
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    Robert Hillman

    Robert Hillman is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction and biography. His autobiography THE BOY IN THE GREEN SUIT won the Australian National Biography Award for 2005. His critically acclaimed MY LIFE AS A TRAITOR (written with Zarha Ghahramani) was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2008 and was published widely overseas.

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