THE REMARKABLE TRUTHS OF ALFIE BAINS

Alfie's mum, Emilia, has been lying to him forever.

It's only been the two of them in Ireland, but when Emilia's appendix explodes, she drops a bombshell: they have a family back in Australia, and she and Alfie are going to meet them.

When Penny Bains opens the door of her Tasmanian farmhouse to a boy with an Irish accent claiming to be the son of her missing daughter, Emilia, her life is turned upside down.

Alfie needs to know who his father is, but the residents of the tiny town of Beggars Rock and his newly found grandmother and great-aunts are all staying silent. As Alfie starts to uncover secrets that his family would prefer to keep buried, the one thing he does discover is that no one is willing to tell him the truth.

For readers who love The Midnight Library and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, here comes your next favourite life-affirming, delightful and funny novel, The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains.

ISBN: 9781761471476
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Dimensions: 154mm x 234mm
Weight: 480g 
No. Of Pages: 416