Text announces publication in October of Melanie Cheng’s ‘The Burrow’

Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction (Australia Day, 2018), and author of the acclaimed Room for a Stranger (2019), Cheng returns with an intimate novel about hope and the possibility of redemption.

Amy, Jin and Lucie are leading isolated lives in their inner-city home—unhappy, but terrified of change. When they buy a pet rabbit for Lucie, and then Amy’s mother comes to stay, the family is forced to confront long-buried secrets.

The Burrow has been praised by Christos Tsiolkas as ‘stupendously good … a remarkable work, nuanced and human and adult.’ Helen Garner has lauded Cheng’s novel for its ‘calm, sweet, desolated wisdom.’

Publishing on 1 October, The Burrow will be supported by extensive publicity and marketing. For an early reading copy contact: Jessica.Hearnes@textpublishing.com.au.

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