The Turning Stories

by Winton, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780743279796
• ISBN10: 0743279794
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-10
• Publisher: Scribner

Summary

Set on a coastal stretch of Western Australia, Tim Winton's stunning collection of connected stories is about turnings of all kinds -- changes of heart, slow awakenings, nasty surprises and accidents, sudden detours, resolves made or broken. Brothers cease speaking to each other, husbands abandon wives and children, grown men are haunted by childhood fears. People struggle against the weight of their own history and try to reconcile themselves to their place in the world. With extraordinary insight and tenderness, Winton explores the demons and frailties of ordinary people whose lives are not what they had hoped.

Author Biography

Tim Winton grew up on the coast of Western Australia, where he continues to live. He is the author of eighteen books. His epic novel Cloudstreet was adapted for the theater and has been performed around the world. His two most recent novels, Dirt Music and The Riders, were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Award three times, and in 1998 the Australian National Trust declared Winton a national living treasure. The Turning has already won the 2005 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

Table of Contents

Big World	1	(16)
Abbreviation	17	(20)
Aquifer	37	(18)
Damaged Goods	55	(12)
Small Mercies	67	(34)
On Her Knees	101	(12)
Cockleshell	113	(20)
The Turning	133	(30)
Sand	163	(8)
Family	171	(18)
Long, Clear View	189	(16)
Reunion	205	(12)
Commission	217	(18)
Fog	235	(16)
Boner McPharlin's Moll	251	(42)
Immunity	293	(6)
Defender	299