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Astraea
A monumental achievement; 100 pages of thrumming, terrible power. The setting, the language, the evocation of pain and denial. The sense of hopelessness li... READ MORE
A Worthy Winner
What a worthy book to win the inaugural Weatherglass Novella prize!! Krumink’s writing shows what is possible in a well-crafted novella: her characters hav... READ MORE
Achingly tender
Beautiful, surreal, heartbreaking. A book about human perseverance in the face of unimaginable, unpredictable hardship. Beautiful as a character study and ... READ MORE
Wonderfully poetic
This was very lyrical, with plenty of symbolic imagery woven into the writing referring to spirituality, birth and rebirth, female bodies and so on. This i... READ MORE
Hits you softly in the gut
I wish this had been longer! It’s a relatively short read but it packs a punch, the writing is evocative and intimate. The bleak lives of the women on boar... READ MORE
Simply stunning
A moving and atmospheric novella set in the early 19th century on a ship whose hold is full of women bound for an unnamed location. Whilst on their journey... READ MORE
Atmospheric novella
A truly atmospheric novella and worthy winner of the Weatherglass Novella Prize.
Stuck on a convict ship to Australia, facing brutality and judgement, Mar... READ MORE
A Novella of Great Power
Astrea is a story of women aboard a convict ship headed for Australia. Within the succinct 115 pages is a powerful story, the power lying in both what is s... READ MORE
Synopsis
It's the early 19th century and a small sailing ship with a cargo of convict women and their children is crossing the ocean to a penal colony. Among those trying to survive is a 15-year-old girl. After caring for her only friend who has poisoned herself, she discovers a kind of liberation within the confines of the ship, as she moves into her unknowable, distant future.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Weatherglass Books
- ISBN: 9781739570767
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 10 mm
- Languages: English