{"product_id":"the-burrow-9781922790941","title":"The Burrow","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, STELLA PRIZE 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD, FICTION, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR,  FICTION, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED,  2025 MILES  FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How rare, this delicacy-this calm, sweet, desolated wisdom.' Helen Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stupendously good' Christos Tsiolkas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her unforgettable new novel, Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner Melanie Cheng has created this year's literary masterpiece.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy, Jin and Lucie are leading isolated lives in their partially renovated, inner city home. They are not happy, but they are also terrified of change. When they buy a pet rabbit for Lucie, and then Amy's mother, Pauline, comes to stay, the family is forced to confront long-buried secrets. Will opening their hearts to the rabbit help them to heal or only invite further tragedy? \u003ci\u003eThe Burrow\u003c\/i\u003e tells an unforgettable story about grief and hope. With her characteristic compassion and eye for detail, Melanie Cheng reveals the lives of others-even of a small rabbit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR THE BURROW:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Cheng is an elegant, unpretentious writer, carefully observant of the rhythms of ordinary human life-but when her imagination moves outside, into the natural world, \u003ci\u003eThe Burrow\u003c\/i\u003e becomes something deeper, stranger, and truly beautiful.'  \u003cb\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Best novel I read all year. And I read some great novels this year. A slender work of such composure and grace and humanity...It's superb.' \u003cb\u003e Annabel Crabb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exquisite portrait of grief and the small things that save us. I was mesmerised.\u003cb\u003e' Shankari Chandran  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Such a fan of Melanie Cheng's work. Quiet writing with such fierce emotion. This one's another gift of a novel.'\u003cb\u003e  Benjamin Law\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exquisite morsel of a book where each character is perfectly realised through their response to a shared grief.'\u003cb\u003e Pip Williams, Best Books of 2024, \u003ci\u003eSpectrum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Beautifully capture s  the intensity of living in close quarters...A tender story of grief, hope and a pet rabbit.' \u003cb\u003eJustine Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2024\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Saturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Melanie Cheng's tender novella has stayed with me since I read it in a single setting...This book describes so much about how grief can push us apart then pull us back together; and the relationship between Lucie and Pauline is so warmly, vividly drawn that I couldn't shake it.'\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteph Harmon, Best Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gulped it. I've been a Melanie Cheng fan since our first books came out. But this one is next level-it conveys so much human experience so sparingly that it seems to defy the laws of gravity. Stunning.'  \u003cb\u003eSarah Krasnostein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'This beautifully contained and elegant novel resulted in me gasping for air...A gift.' \u003cb\u003eChris Gordon, Readings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Burrow...skilfully brings coherence to its explorations of compassion, commitment, and suffering.'\u003cb\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e' There's  an incredible humanity in being a doctor, an incredible ability to read people... The Burrow is  very moving, very beautifully done...Really admire this one.'  \u003cb\u003eClaire Nichols,\u003ci\u003e ABC RN Breakfast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'On the surface,  \u003ci\u003eThe Burrow\u003c\/i\u003e  is a very quiet, understated book; but of course there is a lot going on beneath that surface, down in the burrow...Definitely recommended.'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eThrough the Biblioscope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A triumph of restrained and tender storytelling...A nuanced study of one family's grief, but it's also a magnificent portrait of modern loneliness.'\u003cb\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAn absolutely beautiful book...It might be my novel of the year.'  \u003cb\u003eMichael Williams,\u003ci\u003e ABC RN The Bookshelf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Gathers a delicate balance of modernity and the past...A quiet novel with moments that feel like they could explode...Reminds us how quickly life can change in an instant, whether you are a human or a rabbit.' \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Muse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The feeling one gets when reading The Burrow echoes its title: one feels held and safe, as if one is in the hands of someone who knows exactly what they are doing.'  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaturday Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An elegant, tender story of grief, hope-and a pet rabbit...The narrative is deftly structured to reveal, gradually, the history of the family, while also analysing the minds and souls of its members with tenderness and compassion.'  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cheng's prose is simple and unadorned, but cuts directly to the heart of things: a single sentence can expose a world of truth.'  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Melanie Cheng","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516756885565,"sku":null,"price":31.34,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922790941.jpg?v=1787572038","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-burrow-9781922790941","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}