Praise for The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart:

“The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a book that glows — in the fire and heart of it; in the wonder and hope of it. Holly Ringland is a gifted, natural storyteller and her novel — about finding magic in the dark; about the power of freedom and the freedom of story — is truly a light-giving, tender thing. A vivid, compelling, utterly moving debut.” — Brooke Davis, author of international bestseller Lost & Found, winner of 2015 ABIA Fiction Book of the Year

“Not everyone who visits the central Australian desert understands the landscape of it. Holly Ringland does and shares her heart instincts in this epic telling. Each page arrives to us like the first flight of the butterfly from its cocoon. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a literary gift.” — Ali Cobby Eckermann, Yankunytjatjara poet, 2017 Windham-Campbell winner.

“This novel shines with courage, with heart, and with love. Infused with a tender ferocity, and the beauty and warmth of native flowers, it invokes great stories of loss, kindness and home.” — Ashley Hay, author of The Railwayman’s Wife, winner of the 2013 Colin Roderick Award.

“An astonishingly assured debut, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a story of love, loss, betrayal, and the redemptive power of storytelling, set in the blazing heat and ancient mythic landscape of Australia’s Red Centre. Written with intelligence, grace, and sensitivity, Holly Ringland’s novel is both heartbreaking and life-affirming, following the journey of her heroine Alice as she discovers the strength of spirit to break the patterns of violence of her past.” — Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens, 2015 winner American Library Association award for Best Historical Fiction.

“I loved this brave and beautiful book. Alice Hart has the strength and magic of an Australian wildflower in bloom.” — Favel Parrett, author of When the Night Comes and Past the Shallows, finalist 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

“A complex, literary debut that examines the dangerously fine line between care and control, sanctuary and prison. Holly’s writing is rich, vibrant and alive with the messy, sometimes violent song of human connection. She is a writer to watch out for.” — Jenn Ashworth, author of Fell, winner of The Society of Authors 2010 Betty Trask Award.

“The best fairy tales traverse the darkest corners of the human heart, and this beautiful novel is no exception. Truth and illusion, devastation and triumph, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will spit you out whole.” — Myfanwy Jones, author of Leap, finalist for the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

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For more information please contact Holly’s agents: 
Sharon Galant (EU)
sharon@zeitgeistmediagroup.com
+ 32 479 262843
Benython Oldfield (Australia)
benython@zeitgeistmediagroup.com
+ 61 410 355 790