Published in 2015
320 pages
Mireille Juchau is a critically acclaimed Australian novelist. The World Without Us is her third novel, published by Bloomsbury in Australia, the UK and forthcoming in the US. The World Without Us has won The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award 2016, is shortlisted for The Stella Prize 2016, and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016 and the Australian Book Industry Awards 2016. Mireille’s second novel, Burning In, was shortlisted for four awards including the Prime Minister’s Literary Award 2008. Her debut, Machines for Feeling, was shortlisted for the 1999 Vogel/Australian Literary Award. Described by The Guardian UK as “a writer of great poetic power”, Mireille is also known for her short fiction, essays and reviews and her international award winning play, White Gifts, was performed and published in the US.
What is this book about?
It has been six months since Tess Müller stopped speaking. Her silence is baffling to her parents, her teachers and her younger sister, Meg. But the more urgent mystery for both girls is where their mother, Evangeline, goes each day, pushing an empty pram. When their father Stefan discovers a car wreck and human remains on their farm, old secrets emerge to threaten the fragile family. A storm is coming and the Müllers are in its path.
