These mishaps mean that both 'Sams' - like the biblical Samson - lose some of their strengths, but they also gain new opportunities and insights. For the Lambs, this misfortune takes the form of the near-drowning of the family favourite, Samson, better known as Fish for the Pickles, it occurs in the loss of father Sam's fingers in a fishing accident. The book follows the two families from the time they leave their rural homes and move into Cloudstreet, a big, old house in Perth. Winner of the Miles Franklin and NBC Awards in Australia, Cloudstreet is a celebration of people, places and rhythms which has fuelled imaginations world-wide. Tim Winton's funny, sprawling saga is an epic novel of love and acceptance. For twenty years they roister and rankle, laugh and curse until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts. From separate catastrophes two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a great, breathing, shuddering joint called Cloudstreet, where they begin their lives again from scratch. Cloudstreet is a book about finding one's place in the world and the search for meaning in life.
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