Stone Yard Devotional
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood is a literary work published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 22, 2025, comprising 320 pages. This novel follows a middle-aged woman who, feeling burnt out, returns to her childhood home in a small religious community in rural Australia. As she seeks refuge, her life is disrupted by the return of her sister’s skeletal remains, which brings forth long-buried grief and pain, alongside an unexpected visitor that forces her to confront her past.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of family life, friendship, and the psychological complexities of grief. The story explores the impact of a small-town setting on personal relationships and the struggles of reconciling with one’s history. Stone Yard Devotional presents a nuanced portrayal of a woman’s journey toward understanding and acceptance, set against the backdrop of a tight-knit community and the challenges of rural life.
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⭐ SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 ⭐
The new novel by the bestselling author of The Weekend
A Book of the Year for the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and ABC
‘The fact that Stone Yard Devotional not only stays aloft but soars would seem to deny the laws of literary physics’ Ron Charles, Washington Post
‘A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life’ Sunday Times
‘Exquisite, wrenching’ New York Times
‘I have rarely been so absorbed by a novel’ Guardian
‘exquisite… a heartening and consoling force’ Sigrid Nunez, The New Yorker
‘It leaves the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged’ Anne Enright
Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia.
But disquiet soon interrupts this secluded life. First, the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before are returned to the monastery, resurfacing years of grief and pain. And then, an unexpected and troubling visitor plunges the narrator further into her past…
⭐ Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
⭐ Shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year
⭐ Shortlisted for the ABIA Award for Literary Fiction
⭐ Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award
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