Stella prize: Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s The Erratics wins best book by female Australian writer

Judges say previously out-of-print memoir a gripping and honest portrayal of family dysfunction

A previously out-of-print memoir from a first-time author has won the Stella prize for the best book by a female Australian writer.

Set in the harsh cold of rural Canada, Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s The Erratics is a dark, autobiographical story about her journey home to take care of her estranged mother.

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