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Críticas

‘beautiful and absorbing’ (Sydney Morning Herald on MR WIGG)

'resonantly powerful at every bite...Just beautiful.’ (Australian Women's Weekly on MR WIGG)

‘Beautifully crafted and brimming with warmth.’ (Who Weekly on MR WIGG)

‘MR WIGG captivates to the end’ (Good Reading)

That warm feeling that comes from having read something that has strengthened or even reawakened a sense of what is right and good about the world overwhelmed me on closing this book (Bookseller + Publisher on MR WIGG)

a gently told book, written in simple, evocative prose (Northern Rivers Echo (24/07/2014), Byron Shire Echo)

a story full of intrigue. (Herald Sun)

This gentle, introspective novel will delight bird lovers and possibly introduce the joys of the avian world to others.... Inga Simpson writes wondrously simple prose about the natural world (Good Reading)

The language is evocative, with vivid observations... Nest is a self possessed, thoughtful novel from Inga Simpson (Book'd Out)

Readers of Inga Simpson's charming debut novel Mr Wigg will recognise the author's keen eye and vibrant descriptions of the natural world (Australian Bookseller & Publisher)

Reseña del editor

'[a] truly rich novel' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Once an artist and teacher, Jen now spends her time watching the birds around her house and tending her lush sub-tropical garden near the small town where she grew up. The only person she sees regularly is Henry, who comes after school for drawing lessons.

When a girl in Henry's class goes missing, Jen is pulled back into the depths of her own past. When she was Henry's age she lost her father and her best friend Michael - both within a week. The whole town talked about it then, and now, nearly forty years later, they're talking about it again.

Everyone is waiting - for the girl to be found and the summer rain to arrive. At last, when the answers do come, like the wet, it is in a drenching, revitalising downpour . . .

Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015
Longlisted for The Stella Prize 2015