The Skeleton House
Winner of the Fogarty Literary Award
Shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards
Meg’s life is woven into the fabric of St. Stephens. She adores her two young children, but she has a secret, and her husband’s ideas of a perfect wife do not match her own. When Meg puts her foot down on a third kid, gets a job, and is empowered by the same book group that was meant to keep her in her place, her marriage begins to dangerously disintegrate.
Set in a tiny Mormon community, The Skeleton House is about resilience and courage, shining a light on the insidious, invisible tendrils of coercive control within a seemingly happy family.
“Beautifully tense. Such a page-turner. Brilliant book and absolutely sinister.”
“A brisk, well turned novel about a woman’s quest to seize belated agency over her fate.”
“The Skeleton House is nuanced and raw.”
“The Skeleton House is a story brimming with tension, desperation and heartbreak, told with a poetic assuredness. Allum is an exciting new literary voice.”
“A gorgeous, relatable novel about motherhood and marriage. Keenly observed and beautifully written. I adored it.”
“The Skeleton House is an impressive debut. I look forward to seeing what this author writes next.”
“Reading The Skeleton House is like swallowing a seed that settles deep in your gut, quietly germinating until it twists and unfurls and nestles within you, long after you’ve consumed it. I can’t wait to see what’s next from Allum.”
Where to find
The Skeleton House
The Skeleton House is available in paperback, audiobook, and ebook formats. See below for more information on how to access the novel your region.
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The best way to order my book is through your local indie bookstore.
You can also directly from Fremantle Press or Dymocks.
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The Skeleton House has not yet found a US-based publisher to release the book widely, however it is available via a print-on-demand service. If you order through your local indie bookstore, you won’t be charged the high shipping fees to post from Oz!
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The Skeleton House is available as an ebook and audiobook. These may be available through your local library, or to purchase through your usual service.
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If The Skeleton House is not already available at your library network, you can make a request to your local friendly librarian.
Fun fact: did you know that your free library check-outs help support authors?
Australia, the UK, and other countries have a scheme called Public Lending Rights (PLR), which pays authors a small amount per book checked out at the library, kind of like a little royalty.
