Nest, Inga Simpson
Nest, Inga Simpson
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Nest

Author: Inga Simpson

Narrator: Inga Simpson

Unabridged: 6 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2016

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Once an artist and teacher, Jen now spends her time watching the birds around her house and tending her lush, subtropical garden near the small town where she grew up. The only person she sees regularly is Henry, who comes after school for drawing lessons.
When a girl in Henry's class goes missing, Jen is pulled back into the depths of her own past. When she was Henry's age, she lost her father and her best friend, Michael - both within a week. The whole town talked about it then, and now, nearly 40 years later, they're talking about it again. Everyone is waiting - for the girl to be found and the summer rain to arrive.
At last, when the answers do come, like the wet, it is in a drenching, revitalising downpour.
Nest was longlisted for the Stella Prize 2015.

About Inga Simpson

Inga Simpson began her career as a professional writer for government before gaining a PhD in creative writing. In 2011, she took part in the Queensland Writers Centre Manuscript Development Program and, as a result, Hachette Australia published her first novel, Mr Wigg, in 2013. Nest, Inga's second novel, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Stella Prize and shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal. Inga's third novel, the acclaimed Where the Trees Were, was published in 2016.Inga was awarded the final Eric Rolls Prize for her nature writing and has obtained a second PhD, exploring the history of Australian nature writers. Inga's account of her love of Australian nature and life with trees, Understory, was published in 2017. Her first book for children, The Book of Australian Trees, illustrated by Alicia Rogerson, was published in 2021. The Last Woman in the World, her critically acclaimed environmental thriller, was published in 2021 and shortlisted for the 2022 Fiction Indie Book Award. Her bestselling and critically acclaimed 2022 novel Willowman was shortlisted for the BookPeople Adult Fiction Book of the Year 2023. Inga lives on the NSW south coast among trees.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on March 13, 2015

As much as I enjoy fantasy and adventure, I love everyday stories about childhood. This ended up being much more serious and moving than I expected, however. I listened to much of this audiobook as I was huddled under the covers in the dark in my own nest, much like the ones Chirp finds comfort in w......more

Goodreads review by Harriet on April 24, 2014

NEST is a great joy to read, and wondrous in its way of bringing us into the character of Chirp, an 11 year old girl on Cape Cod whose mother (a dancer) has M.S. The voice of Chirp is so engaging and honest, and her relationships with her friend Joey and her family are so real, the pacing of the sto......more

Goodreads review by Debby on August 16, 2014

This book kept me awake two nights in a row. On the second night, I was up crying. So, I looked pretty awful in the morning, but the story was worth the rough morning. I loved every minute of this book! I usually hate comparing one book to others, but sometimes you just feel it. So, Nest feels like B......more

Goodreads review by kaz.brekkers.future.wife on February 17, 2022

BEYOND FIVE STARS !!SPOILERS!!! Ugh, I saw this this book reviewed by someone and remembered that I read it a while ago, so I decided to rate/review it. I was assigned to read a book for school, this was around 7 years ago. A couple days back, my mom bought this book from this bookshop, so I was like,......more