AUSTRALIAN "WHERE THE CRABITS SING". BASED ON REAL EVENTS.

Two sisters. Dying father. And a terrible secret - one for three ...

Cold damp summer of 1960. Outback of the Australian continent. Eleven-year-old Joy Henderson lives in constant fear of her father. He tries in every possible way to please him in order to avoid another hail of torture. But the father is always adamant: his daughter is a vile sinner doomed to Hell...

Many years later, thirty-five-year-old Joy returns to her parents' house to care for a seriously ill tormentor. And, to his own surprise, he meets his "ideal" sister Ruth there. Ruth whispers venomous words in her ear, calling for revenge. And the next day, Joy finds his father dead, with a belt tightened around his neck. The very belt with which he once flogged his children ...

This unusually powerful and heartfelt novel takes the reader between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s. An unforgettable literary canvas depicting the gloomy Australian outback, its sometimes cruel inhabitants - and the quiet whirlpools of human consciousness ...

“A heartbreaking, scary and beautifully written novel that took my breath away. Yowart immediately immersed me in the life of a rural family ruled by an evil dangerous despot, the novel did not let go - from a frightening beginning to a shocking end.

“Tense. Tangled. Not sparing feelings. The novel is true Australian gothic."

"An ingenious form of narrative archeology: more and more layers of family tragedy are revealed, and the truth finally comes to light."

"Tense, terrifying, devastating story about the Henderson family, from which it is impossible to break away. He will stay with you for a long time.”