Time is the Longest Distance
Time is the Longest Distance by Janet Clare, published by Vine Leaves Press on December 11, 2018, is a work of fiction that explores complex moral themes set against the backdrop of the Australian outback. The narrative follows Lilly, a 45-year-old New Yorker, who embarks on a challenging journey along the Canning Stock Route at the urging of her father, Cameron. Accompanied by her half-brother Grant and his daughter Jen, Lilly navigates the harsh desert landscape, which serves as a stark contrast to her previous life.
Readers will find that the story delves into Lilly’s emotional landscape as she grapples with her past, including her tumultuous relationship with her ex-husband, Stephen. Throughout the journey, she becomes involved in an unexpected love affair and witnesses a troubling death, prompting her to confront her own flaws and the impact of hidden secrets and societal taboos. This edition, comprising 214 pages, invites readers to reflect on the complexities of human relationships and the consequences of transgression in a setting where the environment mirrors the characters’ internal struggles.
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Set in the harsh desert of the Australian outback, Time Is the Longest Distance is a moral story of immorality in a place where “night comes on like a door slamming shut.”
Lilly, a 45-year-old New Yorker, is persuaded by her newly-found father, Cameron, to take on the Canning Stock Route, the most difficult outback track in the country. Crossing the dead heart of the Great Sandy and Gibson deserts, she is joined by her half-brother, Grant, and his twenty-something daughter, Jen.
Like a moon walker far from her life, Lilly becomes entangled in an unlikely love affair and witness to an unsavory death. The hard days and long nights provide time and space for Lilly to recall the years with her ex-husband, Stephen, artist and all-around drunk–the greatest love and disappointment in her life–forcing her to examine her own imperfections as she learns, first-hand, about the power and destruction of secrets, sexual taboos, and the thrill of transgression.
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