The Desert Knows Her Name

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Listen deeply now, if you remember how and why.


On a hot October afternoon, a girl walks barefoot out of the Wimmera desert, near the small town of Gatyekarr.
She finds sanctuary with Beth, a regenerative farmer and collector of seeds, devoted to bringing her family's farm back to life. The arrival of the mysterious 'desert girl' unsettles the community and old tensions erupt. The longer the girl stays silent, the more volatile the town becomes. Who is she and what does her presence mean


The Desert Knows Her Name is an exquisite novel that speaks to a deep longing for connection with the land, and the silences that persist in contemporary Australia.

Author Bio

Lia Hills is an award-winning writer and translator. Her novelThe Crying Placewas longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Lia completed The Desert Knows Her Nameas part of her PhD candidature at Deakin University. The novel explores truth-telling, the erasure and re-emergence of voices - both human and nonhuman - and the legacies of frontier violence.
Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, Lia lives with her family on Wurundjeri Country, in the foothills of Corhanwarrabul. She enjoys walking, learning languages and travel.