Description of ‘The Untold’ by Courtney Collins:
A spirited and haunting debut novel born from Australia’s rugged landscape and savage past, THE UNTOLD introduced the estimable talents of Courtney Collins to American readers, and is now on sale in trade paperback!
It is 1921, and a woman has done an unspeakable thing… At age 26, Jessie has already lived life as a circus rider, horse and cattle rustler, and convict. Now, in a mountain-locked valley, amid squalls of driving rain, Jessie is on the run. Growing up in the Australian outback, Jessie developed a keen talent for handling and eventually stealing horses.
Captured and jailed, she finds her only hope of freedom in indentured servitude. But from the start she loathes Fitz, the horse-trading brute who “hires” her, demeans her, and forces her to marry him. Her only source of liberation comes through violent and horrific acts—the deaths of Fitz and their newborn child. It is the voice of that baby, otherworldly and omniscient, that chronicles Jessie’s dark adventure.
Praise for ‘The Untold’ by Courtney Collins:
“This extraordinary novel—propelled by the dark, rich talents of a truly brilliant writer—dazzles, staggers, and amazes.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love
“Collins’s gripping debut novel is based on a legendary wild woman…A fast-paced, heart-wrenching story that never loses speed, this extraordinary first novel is not to be missed.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“The dead have tales to tell, if only we could hear them…Collins richly evokes a heartbreaking emotional terrain, setting it against the sparse, brutal landscape of the Australian Outback.”—Kirkus Reviews
About Courtney Collins:
Photo Credit: Lisa Madden
Courtney Collins grew up in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia. She completed her first novel, THE UNTOLD, in an old postmaster’s cottage on the Goulburn River in regional Victoria. She now lives in a sea-side town in NSW and is working on her second novel. Visit her website at courtneycollinswriter.com
This giveaway is open to the continental U.S. and ends on July 3, 2015. Please use Rafflcopter to enter.
