Rural Dreams

Stories From The Bush

Margaret Hickey

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Penguin
07 January 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories; Australian Fiction

From award-winning crime writer Margaret Hickey comes a collection of captivating short stories celebrating the Australian countryside.

Margaret Hickey's Rural Dreams takes a look at life outside the big smoke, featuring the kind of characters you might expect in the country - as well as some you might not.

A football coach ponders obsession . . . a mouse plague dictates school yard politics . . . a failed playwright asks 'who gets the farm?'

. . . and a young woman returns to her fire-ravaged town.

People we know. People we grew up with. Some of them might even be us . . .

Funny, heartbreaking and true, Rural Dreams highlights the richness of life on the land and showcases the beauty of lives lived outside city walls.

'Each story brings a richness of character and experience, unexpected and utterly authentic.' Marian Matta, author of Life, Bound

'Stories that are lively, entertaining and authentic.' Martin Flanagan

'There's a beauty in these stories that feels reminiscent of fairy tales - not all with happy endings - but all leaving you feeling like you've understood something of what it is to be human.' Westerly Magazine

'It's a cliche to say that there's something for everyone in this book but there just is.' Books+Publishing

By: Margaret Hickey
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 186g
ISBN: 9781761351099
ISBN 10: 1761351095
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 07 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities. She is the author of Cutters End, Stone Town and Broken Bay. Her new novel, The Creeper, will be released in August 2024.