The Clinking: A powerful ecological love story about grief and hope in a warming world

From Richell Prize-winning debut author Susie Greenhill comes a tender and profoundly moving exploration of life and loss.

In the early morning, Elena woke as Orla pulled back the doona and climbed into their bed. She unfolded Elena's fingers and pressed a tiny model penguin into her hand. Still half asleep, Elena rolled over. Outside the window, black cockatoos were dropping wattle galls onto the street. The room was silent, the dawn light dull and grey. And Tom was gone . . .

In the not-to...