![]() The Last Woman in the World is an action driven novel, but it is also intensely philosophical, a clever study of character and intensely beautiful. Inga Simpson writes with literary brilliance. ‘This novel is fast-paced, adrenalin-fuelled – and dramatic enough to keep me reading into the night’ Sarah L’Estrange, ABC Online ‘Simpson’s page-turner layers precise nature writing with a conspiratorial tone for our times, turning in a gripping apocalyptic thriller that infects the sublime features of the landscape with primal fear’ The Guardian Each page is shaped with an impressive, world-building cinematic scope’ Jessie Tu, Sydney Morning Herald ![]() every passage swells with the momentum of an action-flick. ‘creepy and chilling, this becomes a hell-for-leather survival race through burning countryside’ The Observer Now Rachel must face her worst fears: should she take up the fight to help these strangers survive in a society she has rejected for so long?įrom the critically acclaimed author of Mr Wigg and Nest, The Last Woman in the World looks at how we treat our world and each other – and what it is that might ultimately redeem us. They are running for their lives from a mysterious death sweeping the Australian countryside. ![]() There stands a mother, Hannah, with a sick baby. ![]() Fear has led her to a reclusive life on the land, her only occasional contact with her sister.Ī hammering on the door. It’s night, and the walls of Rachel’s home creak as they settle into the cover of darkness. A remarkable literary novel from the multi-award-nominated Australian writer ![]()
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