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Small Mercies by Richard Anderson
A fine-grained study of a marriage and a land in crisis … A wonderful book.
Jock Serong
An undemanding read for those who enjoy human stories with a rural setting, Small Mercies is the tale of a man and a woman who have weathered many trials by taking each other for granted, and who come to realise that familiarity doesn’t necessarily mean they know everything they should about one another.
Lindy Jones, Books+Publishing
This was an engaging and thought-provoking read, storytelling at its best, nuanced and credible.
Carol Seeley, Reading, Writing and Riesling
Wholly engaging — a character-driven novel where the unforgiving Australian climate is an unpredictable character as well … Small Mercies isn’t just a window onto the crisis on the land. It’s the love story of an older couple too, something we don’t often see in fiction.
Lisa Hill, ANZ LitLovers
Small Mercies by Richard Anderson is one of those books that should be mandatory reading for all Australians ... Anderson writes in an engaging manner, with just enough humour to lift the black to grey, without attempting in anyway to gloss over the seriousness of the subject matter ... Moving, perceptive and very readable.
Karen Chisholm, The Blurb
This engaging story ... is one to remember for its credibility and timeliness.
Christopher Bantick, The Weekly Times
This novel is a perceptive study of marriage, of family farming, and of women’s lives, as well as a sombre look at the people in Australian society who have money and power, and at the way they wield those things to their own ends.
The Age
As the novel moves along, the true-to-life conversations of the couple show their relationship is drying out like the land ... We share their shock and feel their fear of longer droughts, hotter temperatures, and how the rich and powerful work the system. .5 STARS
Judith Grace, Good Reading
Anderson’s emotional intelligence is acute. Small Mercies adds literary understanding to the stocks of the Australian rural novel.
Ed Wright, The Australian
Jock Serong
An undemanding read for those who enjoy human stories with a rural setting, Small Mercies is the tale of a man and a woman who have weathered many trials by taking each other for granted, and who come to realise that familiarity doesn’t necessarily mean they know everything they should about one another.
Lindy Jones, Books+Publishing
This was an engaging and thought-provoking read, storytelling at its best, nuanced and credible.
Carol Seeley, Reading, Writing and Riesling
Wholly engaging — a character-driven novel where the unforgiving Australian climate is an unpredictable character as well … Small Mercies isn’t just a window onto the crisis on the land. It’s the love story of an older couple too, something we don’t often see in fiction.
Lisa Hill, ANZ LitLovers
Small Mercies by Richard Anderson is one of those books that should be mandatory reading for all Australians ... Anderson writes in an engaging manner, with just enough humour to lift the black to grey, without attempting in anyway to gloss over the seriousness of the subject matter ... Moving, perceptive and very readable.
Karen Chisholm, The Blurb
This engaging story ... is one to remember for its credibility and timeliness.
Christopher Bantick, The Weekly Times
This novel is a perceptive study of marriage, of family farming, and of women’s lives, as well as a sombre look at the people in Australian society who have money and power, and at the way they wield those things to their own ends.
The Age
As the novel moves along, the true-to-life conversations of the couple show their relationship is drying out like the land ... We share their shock and feel their fear of longer droughts, hotter temperatures, and how the rich and powerful work the system. .5 STARS
Judith Grace, Good Reading
Anderson’s emotional intelligence is acute. Small Mercies adds literary understanding to the stocks of the Australian rural novel.
Ed Wright, The Australian