--- product_id: 63038331 title: "The Turning: Stories Paperback – October 10, 2006" brand: "tim winton" price: "£25.18" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63038331-the-turning-stories-paperback-october-10-2006 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Turning: Stories Paperback – October 10, 2006 **Brand:** tim winton **Price:** £25.18 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Turning: Stories Paperback – October 10, 2006 by tim winton - **How much does it cost?** £25.18 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63038331-the-turning-stories-paperback-october-10-2006) ## Best For - tim winton enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted tim winton brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Turning: Stories Paperback – October 10, 2006 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51E9VMvCGhS.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A "Full-On" Writer *by F***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2005* In Tim Winton's latest gift to the reading public-- and what a gift it is-- he includes 17 stories, at least half of which are printed here for the first time. There are similarities in many of them. They are often set in the same place, and some of the characters reappear in different stories. They are often poor, eking out a living from fishing. They seldom leave the little towns they grew up in-- unless they are a father-- and sometimes a mother-- who simply one day walks out, never to return. They are often driven to drink and sometimes fundamentalist religion and may be overwhelmed by what Rick Bragg would call the train wreck in their lives. Some suffer from "closed-down resignation." One mother says that "they all leave you in the end." Their fragile, damaged lives, however, are often tempered by love. One character ("Commission") who has not seen his run-away father in 27 years and has every reason to feel differently, when he sees him again is "sick with love. . . at the very sight of him." Almost to a person, these characters work with the hand they have been dealt, often with little complaining.Fictional characters usually grab us in one of two ways, assuming of course that they are real life flesh and blood to begin with, as Winton's always are. They are either exotic and not like anyone we have ever known-- anyone Tolstoy wrote about, for example, or, like Winton's, they remind us of many people we either now know or have known. Even though these characters inhabit Australia, about as far from the Southern United States as one can go, I recognized many of them. They could have stepped out of the novels of many Southern writers. Harry Crews, for example, in his memoirs published several years ago, remarked that it was not unusual for people he knew as a child growing up in South Georgia to have a missing finger. My paternal grandfather as a young man lost a finger from a horse bite. Much is made in one of Winton's stories of a young woman's missing finger ("Abbreviation"). Another girl has a huge facial birthmark. Others are imperfect in other ways.While all theses stories are exceptional, the best story by far-- and one of the best I have read in a very long time-- is "Small Mercies." This scalding story is so powerful and the characters so haunting that you will not be able to read another one right away. How Mr. Winton can pack so much sorrow, raw pain and passion into about 30 pages is beyond me, but he does it. The first line, "Peter Dyson came home one day to find his wife dead in the garage" sets the tone for this intense story; and the writer does not let up. Dyson, unlike many of these characters who cannot wait to get out of the restrictive towns they grew up in, takes his six-year-old son Ricky and goes back to the house where he was raised in an attempt to put the pieces of his shattered life back together. He runs into Marjorie and Don Keenan, whom he describes as "full-on people," and ultimately their daughter Faye with whom he had-- at least according to him-- a very unhealthy sexual relationship throughout high school. Faye is also recently back in town, just free from drugs but teetering on a relapse. She would like to see her daughter more (who now lives with the grandparents) and would like to become friends again with Peter and rekindle whatever they had going in the past. She is both sad and manipulative-- and as human as your Aunt Edith. It does not seem fair to the rest of us mortals that anyone could write a short story this fine. But as President Jimmy Carter said-- and these characters to a person would agree-- life is not fair.For the strong-hearted, these stories are not to be missed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ lots of things i wasn’t feeling *by K***Y on Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2022* I was kinda reminded of Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story collections, except these stories are about several disparate characters from the same small town in Western Australia. If you’re not Australian, the lingo might be challenging to understand. ### ⭐ Mostly leftovers. *by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023* 30 percent interesting------getting rid of too much old stuff. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63038331-the-turning-stories-paperback-october-10-2006](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63038331-the-turning-stories-paperback-october-10-2006) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-06-11*