This Is Where We Say Goodbye by Howard McKenzie-Murray
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Hungerford Award, this is a tender and quirky tragicomedy about family ties and unexpected strengths, told over the course of twenty-four hours.
The day after Maud Tarkington turns twenty-one, she must attend the funeral of her favourite brother Lloyd. But instead, Maud is ricocheting around the city, looking for signs of life – will she even make it to Lloyd’s send-off?
Shortlisted for the 2024 Hungerford Award, This Is Where We Say Goodbye is a quirky, bittersweet story about family ties, memory and the unexpected ways we hold it together when everything has fallen apart.
About the Author: Howard McKenzie-Murray is a fiction writer and playwright from the settler-state of Western Australia. His short fiction has been shortlisted nationally and internationally. Most recently, his short fiction can be found in the 2025 anthology Stranger Weather. This Is Where We Say Goodbye is his first novel.
28 Apr 2026
Additional information
| Format | Paperback / softback |
|---|---|
| Genre | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Readership Level | General (US: Trade) |
| ISBN | 9781760996437 |
| Publication Date | 28 Apr 2026 |
This Is Where We Say Goodbye: A bittersweet tale of siblings and grief by Howard McKenzie-Murray ISBN 9781760996437