From the award-winning author of The World Waiting To Be Made, The Travel Writer, The Australian Fiancé and Sustenance. Ruth Joiner’s short life has not run smoothly: opportunities have fallen through the cracks for her at every turn. The exception was creating her daughter, Dewi, and when we meet these two at the end of Ruth’s life it is Ruth’s calm demeanour and care that makes us confident that Dewi’s future will be more positive. Set in South-west Australia, Lost River is a novella of dislocation and loss, and continues Simone Lazaroo’s interest in connections between Australian and South-east Asian lives.
