The others / Mark Brandi.

By: Brandi, Mark [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733641145 (paperback)Subject(s): Farm life -- Australia -- Fiction | Fathers and sons -- Fiction | Diaries -- Fiction | Farms -- Fiction | Country life -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Protection -- Fiction | Parent and child -- FictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction) | Psychological fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 LOC classification: PR8285.R37 | O64 2021Summary: On his eleventh birthday, Jacob's father gives him a diary. To write about things that happen. About what he and his father do on their farm. About the sheep, the crop, the fox and the dam. But Jacob knows some things should not be written down. Some things should not be remembered. The only things he knows for sure are what his father has taught him. Sheltered, protected, isolated. But who is his father protecting him from? And how far will his father go to keep the world at bay? All too soon, Jacob will learn that, sometimes, people do the most terrible things. From the bestselling author of WIMMERA and THE RIP comes an unforgettable novel that explores the darkness in our world with the light only a child can find.
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"Sometimes, people do the most terrible things"--Cover.

On his eleventh birthday, Jacob's father gives him a diary. To write about things that happen. About what he and his father do on their farm. About the sheep, the crop, the fox and the dam. But Jacob knows some things should not be written down. Some things should not be remembered. The only things he knows for sure are what his father has taught him. Sheltered, protected, isolated. But who is his father protecting him from? And how far will his father go to keep the world at bay? All too soon, Jacob will learn that, sometimes, people do the most terrible things. From the bestselling author of WIMMERA and THE RIP comes an unforgettable novel that explores the darkness in our world with the light only a child can find.

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