Praise for Hand Me Down World

‘This is a writer who knows how to tell a story, deftly, surprisingly, magnificently.’ Weekend Herald NZ

‘A masterful, prismatic piece of storytelling.’ Independent

‘An extraordinary novel…Jones is a daring writer who can be relied on to ignore expectation, and is becoming one of the most interesting, honest and thought-provoking novelists working today.’ Guardian

‘Delicate and beguiling. It spirits the reader into a world that is both fascinating and perplexing. Its charms are hard to resist; its questions are hard to avoid… a book of great mind and heart.’ Age

‘Jones’s touch is deft yet bold…a novel so fine, demanding and morally acute.’ Sydney Morning Herald

‘Jones slowly reveals the secrets of Ines’s story and its emotional momentum sweeps us up and makes us fellow travellers.’ Weekend Australian

‘A fine and moving story with enormous compassion, emotional depth and tender insight into humanity… a superbly written meditation on how the disenfranchised accept the world as it is handed to them, on the weakness of men, on the deeply moving kindness of strangers, and on the power of maternal love. It is a beautiful book.’ Sunday Mail

‘We surely have sufficient evidence to trumpet Lloyd Jones as one of the most significant novelists writing today.’ Sunday Times

‘As complex and as beautifully crafted as a fine patchwork quilt.’ South Taranaki Star

‘Haunting to the very final line.’ Daily Telegraph