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'Heyman's impressively chameleon writing-now sparkling, then striking, twisting to ticklingly humorous, then gently poetic-shines a bright light on the past itself in vivid, revelatory flashbacks. It is brilliant.'-The Scotsman; 'In Fury, Kathryn Heyman trawls through the treacherous waters of emergent womanhood with the keen eye of the hunter and the broken heart of the hunted. Her story of sexual abuse is at once foreign and infuriatingly familiar, as exotic as a Red Emperor, as common as a goldfish. I read this book in one jaw-clenching, gut-wrenching, fist-pumping sitting. Distressing, thrilling, immaculate and vitally important.'-Clare Wright, Stella Prize-winning author of You Daughters of Freedom; 'This sensitive, searching book broke my heart. Heyman transcends her harrowing Australian girlhood by taking herself to sea. That she regains her body and her self is a triumph. Utterly compelling.'-Carrie Tiffany, Stella-prize winning author of Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living; 'This powerful, ultimately joyous memoir shows how - in the teeth of a gale - a damaged girl can find her own strength, and fight for her own path.' Jennifer Byrne, journalist and broadcaster; 'Bold, brave and poetic... Heyman tears open what it means to exist in a predatory male world. It's a confronting and compelling memoir, and also an uplifting one: the great triumph is in the art, the storytelling, the very words, that have saved her.'-Debra Adelaide, bestselling author of The Household Guide to Dying; 'I can't remember when a book gripped me so tight and so hard. This stunning, harrowing memoir is a fierce testament to the power of words and books to save a life. It is no exaggeration to say that reading rescues Heyman from poverty, abuse, violence and danger on the high seas, offering her a chance to remake her self in a defiant act of courage and will. The result is an intoxicatingly triumphant story of a girl who simply refuses to be crushed, displaying reckless courage in the face of forces both human and elemental.'-Caroline Baum, journalist and broadcaster; 'Fury is a gripping and brilliantly written story of a young woman's survival, up there with the very best of adventure memoirs such as The Salt Path by Raynor Winn or Cheryl Strayed's Wild. This is a literary work that will stand the test of time and has international bestseller written all over it.'-Louise Doughty; 'Fury took my breath away. Heyman writes with such brio, muscularity and physicality; her trademark humour, honesty and energy vibrate on every page. This memoir is a triumph.'-Jill Dawson

'Heyman's impressively chameleon writing-now sparkling, then striking, twisting to ticklingly humorous, then gently poetic-shines a bright light on the past itself in vivid, revelatory flashbacks. It is brilliant.'The Scotsman 'In Fury, Kathryn Heyman trawls through the treacherous waters of emergent womanhood with the keen eye of the hunter and the broken heart of the hunted. Her story of sexual abuse is at once foreign and infuriatingly familiar, as exotic as a Red Emperor, as common as a goldfish. I read this book in one jaw-clenching, gut-wrenching, fist-pumping sitting. Distressing, thrilling, immaculate and vitally important.' Clare Wright, Stella Prize-winning author of You Daughters of Freedom 'This sensitive, searching book broke my heart. Heyman transcends her harrowing Australian girlhood by taking herself to sea. That she regains her body and her self is a triumph. Utterly compelling.' Carrie Tiffany, Stella-prize winning author of Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living 'This powerful, ultimately joyous memoir shows how - in the teeth of a gale - a damaged girl can find her own strength, and fight for her own path.' Jennifer Byrne, journalist and broadcaster'Bold, brave and poetic... Heyman tears open what it means to exist in a predatory male world. It's a confronting and compelling memoir, and also an uplifting one: the great triumph is in the art, the storytelling, the very words, that have saved her.' Debra Adelaide, bestselling author of The Household Guide to Dying 'I can't remember when a book gripped me so tight and so hard. This stunning, harrowing memoir is a fierce testament to the power of words and books to save a life. It is no exaggeration to say that reading rescues Heyman from poverty, abuse, violence and danger on the high seas, offering her a chance to remake her self in a defiant act of courage and will. The result is an intoxicatingly triumphant story of a girl who simply refuses to be crushed, displaying reckless courage in the face of forces both human and elemental.' Caroline Baum, journalist and broadcaster

'Heyman's impressively chameleon writing-now sparkling, then striking, twisting to ticklingly humorous, then gently poetic-shines a bright light on the past itself in vivid, revelatory flashbacks. It is brilliant.' - The Scotsman. 'In Fury, Kathryn Heyman trawls through the treacherous waters of emergent womanhood with the keen eye of the hunter and the broken heart of the hunted. Her story of sexual abuse is at once foreign and infuriatingly familiar, as exotic as a Red Emperor, as common as a goldfish. I read this book in one jaw-clenching, gut-wrenching, fist-pumping sitting. Distressing, thrilling, immaculate and vitally important.' - Clare Wright, Stella Prize-winning author of You Daughters of Freedom. 'This sensitive, searching book broke my heart. Heyman transcends her harrowing Australian girlhood by taking herself to sea. That she regains her body and herself is a triumph. Utterly compelling.' - Carrie Tiffany, Stella-prize winning author of Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living. 'This powerful, ultimately joyous memoir shows how - in the teeth of a gale - a damaged girl can find her own strength, and fight for her own path.' Jennifer Byrne, journalist and broadcaster. 'Bold, brave and poetic... Heyman tears open what it means to exist in a predatory male world. It's a confronting and compelling memoir, and also an uplifting one: the great triumph is in the art, the storytelling, the very words, that have saved her.' - Debra Adelaide, bestselling author of The Household Guide to Dying. 'I can't remember when a book gripped me so tight and so hard. This stunning, harrowing memoir is a fierce testament to the power of words and books to save a life. It is no exaggeration to say that reading rescues Heyman from poverty, abuse, violence and danger on the high seas, offering her a chance to remake herself in a defiant act of courage and will. The result is an intoxicatingly triumphant story of a girl who simply refuses to be crushed, displaying reckless courage in the face of forces both human and elemental.' - Caroline Baum, journalist and broadcaster. 'Fury is a gripping and brilliantly written story of a young woman's survival, up there with the very best of adventure memoirs such as The Salt Path by Raynor Winn or Cheryl Strayed's Wild. This is a literary work that will stand the test of time and has international bestseller written all over it.' - Louise Doughty. 'Fury took my breath away. Heyman writes with such brio, muscularity and physicality. her trademark humour, honesty and energy vibrate on every page. This memoir is a triumph.' - Jill Dawson

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Kathryn Heyman was raised in Australia and studied in Sheffield. She is the author of six novels, including The Breaking (longlisted for the Orange Prize) and, most recently, Storm and Grace. She is Director of the Australian Writers Mentoring Program and teaches on the Faber Academy programme.

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