The Hummingbird Effect

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An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread and their determination to shape their own stories, from the acclaimed author of The Mother Fault.

One of the lucky few with a job during the Depression, Peggysjuststarting out in life. Shes a bagging girl atthe Angliss meatworks, a place buzzing with life as well as death, where the gun slaughterman Jack has caught her eye and she his.

How is her life connected to Hildas, almost a hundred years later,lockedinside during a plague, or Las, further on again, asingerworking shifts in a warehouse as hereggs are frozen and hervoice is used by AI bots Let alone Maz, far removed in time, diving for remnants of a past that must be destroyed Is it by the river that runs through their stories, eternal yet constantly changing or by the mysterious HummingbirdProject, and the great question of whether the march of progress can ever be reversed

Propulsive, tender and engrossing, this genre-bending novel is a feast for the heart as well as the mind and senses. For fans of David Mitchells Cloud Atlas, Michelle de Kretsers The Life to Come and Jennifer Egans The Candy House, it confirms Mildenhall as one of the most ambitious and dynamic writers in the country.

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Kate Mildenhall is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Skylarking, was named in Readings Top Ten Fiction Books of 2016 and her bestselling The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2020 Aurealis Awards. Kate teaches creative writing and co-hosts The First Time podcast which features conversations with Australian writers and is currently undertaking a PhD in creative practice at RMIT University. Kate lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands, with her partner and two children. Kates third novel is The Hummingbird Effect. Find out more about Kate at katemildenhall.com or connect via Twitter (@katemildenhall), Instagram (@kmildenhall) or Facebook (facebook.com/katemildenhallwriter).