A review by anne52
Bereft by Chris Womersley

4.0

Enjoyed this story of a young man who returns from war to his hometown in NSW after fleeing years earlier, accused of a terrible crime. Interestingly, it was the time of the Spanish flu pandemic although that only plays a minor part of the story. This book reminded me of something we would have been given to read in our high school English Literature class! Another Goodreads reviewer summed it up perfectly: "Bereft is very well written, eloquent, captivating and suspenseful book that never allows the reader to fully understand what is going on, but leaves them satisfied that they have just read something incredible and wanting more."