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The Last Days of Ava Langdon Author: Mark O'Flynn

ISBN: 9780702254154 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 224 Published: 16 May 2016 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 22.7 x 15.4 x 1.6 Description: Shortlisted for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Award

Ava Langdon is often not herself. Having fled her early life in New Zealand and endured the loss of her children, she now lives as a recluse in the Blue Mountains. Regarded by locals as a colourful eccentric, she dresses in men's clothes and fearlessly pursues her artistic path.

All that matters to Ava is her writing. Words offer beauty and a sense of possibility when so much else has been lost. But can they offer her redemption in her last days?

Poetic, poignant, and at times bitingly funny, The Last Days of Ava Langdon takes us into the mind of a true maverick.

About the Author

Born in Melbourne Mark O'Flynn now lives in the Blue Mountains. After studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, and working for a number of years in the theatre where several plays were produced, Mark turned to fiction and also poetry. A first collection of poems The Too Bright Sun was published in 1996. He has also published a n...

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