Longlisted for The Stella Prize 2015

A gripping and thought-provoking novel about finding the lost child in all of us.

Once an artist and teacher, Jen now spends her time watching the birds around her house and tending her lush sub-tropical garden near the small hinterland town where she grew up. The only person she sees regularly is Henry, who comes after school for drawing lessons.

When a girl in Henry's class goes missing, Jen is pulled back into the depths of her own past. She lost her father and her best friend Michael when she was Henry's age. They also went missing - in the same week. The whole town talked about it then, and now, nearly forty years later, they're talking about it again.

Everyone is waiting - for the girl to be found and the summer rain to arrive. At last, when the answers do come, like the wet, it is in a drenching, revitalising downpour.

Praise for Inga Simpson's MR WIGG

'beautiful and absorbing’ - Sydney Morning Herald
'resonantly powerful at every bite...Just beautiful.' - Australian Women's Weekly
'Beautifully crafted and brimming with warmth.' - Who Weekly
'Mr Wigg captivates to the end' - Good Reading
'a tender story' - Country Style