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‘Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.’ Jonathan FranzenVirginia, 1966. The motionless deeps of the lake outside Stillwater College are being ruffled. Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, is determinedly fondling Peggy, an ingénue freshman with literary pretensions, in his canoe. So begins a long affair but the two are mismatched from the start.The story that follows rocks the boat in every sense. Nell Zink’s hugely entertaining, totally unique Mislaid explodes the nuclear family and topples every foundation of identity – black and white, gay and straight, “normal” and very very strange…

Stranded in paradise – with her ex!After five years working for Doctors Without Borders, Nathan Banks is close to burn out. He’s ready for a fresh start, and taking a job in the stunning Whitsundays couldn’t be more perfect! That is, until Nathan discovers his new colleague is his ex – Rachel Johnson!Stranded with Nathan in their island paradise, Rachel’s painful reasons for leaving him are increasingly difficult to hide…especially when he’s as irresistible as ever!Could this twist of fate finally make these docs confront their past – and face their future – together?